RT Journal Article
T1 Large-scale atmospheric forcing influencing the long-term variability of Mediterranean heat and freshwater budgets: climatic indices
A1 Criado-Aldeanueva, Francisco
A1 Soto-Navarro, Francisco Javier
A1 García-Lafuente, Jesús
K1 Mediterráneo -  Clima - Observaciones
K1 Temperatura - Mediterráneo
K1 Circulación oceánica - Mediterráneo
AB Interannual to interdecadal precipitation P, evaporation E, freshwater budget (E − P), and air–sea net heat flux Q have been correlated with the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), eastern Atlantic (EA), eastern Atlantic–western Russia (EA-WR), and Mediterranean Oscillation (MO) climatic indices to explore the influence of atmospheric forcing in the Mediterranean freshwater and heat budget variability. The effect of the MO pattern has similarities with that of the NAO, but MO influence is more intense. On an annual basis, the MO index gives the highest correlation with all the variables considered, and during its negative phase, it exerts a stronger influence than the NAO and is associated with higher P and, especially, enhanced evaporative losses in the Levantine subbasin. The EA pattern does not significantly affect P in the Mediterranean, but a high correlation is found for E and Q from 1979. The EA-WR mode plays a significant role in annual net heat flux since variations in its sign have the potential to induce seesaw variations in the heat budgets of the eastern and western subbasins, as previously found by Josey et al., for wintertime.
PB American Meteorological Society
YR 2013
FD 2013-11
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/29377
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/29377
LA eng
NO Criado-Aldeanueva, F., F. J. Soto-Navarro, and J. García-Lafuente, 2014: Large-Scale Atmospheric Forcing Influencing the Long-Term Variability of Mediterranean Heat and Freshwater Budgets: Climatic Indices. J. Hydrometeor., 15, 650–663, https://doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-13-04.1.
NO El copyritgh de este artículo pertenece a la editorial, American Meteorological Society.
NO Este trabajo se llevó en el marco del proyecto P07-RNM-02938 de la Junta de Andalucía. J.S.N. disfrutó de una beca de doctorado de la Conserjería de Innovación Ciencia y Empresa, Junta de Andalucía. También se tuvo  apoyo parcial del proyecto CTM2010-21229 (Ministerio de de Ciencia y Tecnología).
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
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