Calculating the water and heat balances of the Eastern Mediterranean Basin using ocean modelling and available eteorological, hydrological and ocean data

• Autorzy: Shaltout M. , Omstedt A.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Eastern Mediterranean water and heat balances were analysed over 52 years. The modelling uses a process-oriented approach resolving the one-dimensional equations of momentum, heat and salt conservation; turbulence is modelled using a two-equation model. The results indicate that calculated temperature and salinity follow the reanalysed data well. The water balance in the Eastern Mediterranean basin was controlled by the difference between inflows and outflows through the Sicily Channel and by net precipitation. The freshwater component displayed a negative trend over the study period, indicating increasing salinity in the basin. The heat balance was controlled by heat loss from the water surface, solar radiation into the sea and heat flow through the Sicily Channel. Both solar radiation and net heat loss displayed increasing trends, probably due to decreased total cloud cover. In addition, the heat balance indicated a net import of approximately 9 W m-2 of heat to the Eastern Mediterranean Basin from the Western Basin.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Mediterranean Sea; heat budget; water budget; Sicily Channel; climate

• Wydawca: Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Oceanology ; Elsevier
• Czasopismo: Oceanologia
• Rocznik: 2012
• Tom: No. 54 (2)
• Strony: 199--232
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 27 poz., tab., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Shaltout M.

autor

Omstedt A.

• Faculty of Science, Department of Oceanography, University of Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt,

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