Model Thermohaline Trends in the Mediterranean Sea during the Last Years: A Change with Respect to the Last Decades?
Table 1
Linear trends of temperature (, °C/year), salinity (, year−1) and steric sea level (, cm/year) for the Mediterranean Sea from ECCO (E), and GLORYS (G) models. The time periods spanned are also indicated.
0–150
n.s.
n.s.
n.s.
150–600
n.s.
600-bottom
0-bottom
n.s.
n.s.
n.s.
Although the trend for the entire period 02–09 is subject to large uncertainty, two intervals of different trend can be identified: from 02 to 06, a negative trend of −°C/year and −°C/year for ECCO and GLORYS, respectively, is observed, followed by a positive trend of °C/year (ECCO) and °C/year (GLORYS) in 06–09. The same as above is applicable for the entire water column with negative trends of −°C/year (ECCO) and −°C/year (GLORYS) in 02–06 that change to positive °C/year (the same for both models) in 06–09.