The role of the North Aegean in triggering the recent Eastern Mediterranean climatic changes.

dc.contributor.author	Ζερβάκης, Βασίλης	el
dc.contributor.author	Γεωργόπουλος, Δημήτρης	el
dc.contributor.author	Δρακόπουλος, Πάνος	el
dc.date.accessioned	2015-01-25T17:01:28Z
dc.date.available	2015-01-25T17:01:28Z
dc.date.issued	2015-01-25
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11400/4708
dc.rights	Αναφορά Δημιουργού-Μη Εμπορική Χρήση-Όχι Παράγωγα Έργα 3.0 Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες	*
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dc.subject	Eastern Mediterranean
dc.subject	Black Sea
dc.subject	Climatic changes
dc.subject	Κλιματικές αλλαγές
dc.subject	Μαύρη θάλασσα
dc.subject	Ανατολική Μεσόγειος
dc.title	The role of the North Aegean in triggering the recent Eastern Mediterranean climatic changes.	en
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heal.classification	Optics
heal.classification	Οφθαλμολογία
heal.classification	Οπτική
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heal.identifier.secondary	DOI: 10.1029/2000JC900131
heal.language	en
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heal.recordProvider	Τ.Ε.Ι. Αθήνας, Σχολή Επαγγελμάτων Υγείας & Πρόνοιας, Τμήμα Οπτικής & Οπτομετρίας	el
heal.publicationDate	2000-11-15
heal.bibliographicCitation	Zervakis, V., Georgopoulos, D. and Drakopoulos, P.G. (2000). The role of the North Aegean in triggering the recent Eastern Mediterranean climatic changes . Journal of Geophysical Research C: Oceans 105(C11), pp. 26103-26116, 15/11/2000. Available from: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2000JC900131/abstract [Accessed 20/09/2012]	en
heal.abstract	Drastic changes have occurred in the vertical structure of the deep waters of the eastern Mediterranean in the early 1990s, as dense water of Aegean origin has displaced lighter waters of Adriatic origin at the bottom of the deep basins. This work suggests that the initiation of this process took place in the North Aegean in the winter of 1986/1987 and was intensified by another formation event in 1992/1993. The available observations from the North Aegean support such a scenario. Furthermore, we propose that the outflow of Black Sea waters into the Aegean through the Dardanelles could act as an insulator of the deeper layer from the atmosphere, thus absorbing a large part of the heat and salt exchange; despite this fact, the existence of the densest bottom water of the Mediterranean in the North Aegean, and the continuation of density increase for a large period of time, suggests that it is a region of formation, thus that the insulation layer may at times be penetrated. We suggest that reduced Black Sea outflow into the North Aegean could facilitate dense water formation during the passage of cold atmospheric fronts in the winter.	en
heal.journalName	Journal of Geophysical Research C: Oceans	en
heal.journalType	peer-reviewed
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