The Adriatic Sea surface temperature historical record from Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer data (1981–1999)
| Autor: | V. Barale, C. Schiller, R. Tacchi, C. Villacastin |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
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| Zdroj: | International Journal of Remote Sensing. 25:1363-1370 |
| ISSN: | 1366-5901 0143-1161 |
| Popis: | A long-term time series of Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) (1981–1999) data has been used to assess the main physical features in the Adriatic Sea. Individual images were processed to estimate Sea Surface Temperature (SST) values, to create long-term composite fields (weekly, monthly, seasonal scales), and to derive basic statistics for the Northern, Central and Southern regions, each split again into an Eastern and a Western section. At the basin scale, an apparent general warming trend can be recognized in the time series. The linear fit to the seasonal cycles suggests an increase of about 2°C in 20 years, essentially due to a steady rise of summer values. A general north–south gradient can be found during winter, the Northern sections being colder than the Southern ones. An east–west gradient appears during summer, the Western sections being warmer then their Eastern ones. The Northern Adriatic exhibits substantial fluctuations, possibly linked to the cycle of winter cooling and summer... |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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