Spatial and Temporal Variability of Sea Surface Temperature in Eastern Marginal Seas of China

Figure 2

Temporal evolution of the spatial average of the monthly values (blue line) and long period tendency (red line) and its corresponding standard deviation (black line) for SST (a) and the surface net heat flux (b). Monthly mean values of the spatial anomaly with respect to the climatological annual cycle (black line) and series with low-pass-filter (>2 years) (red line) for SST (c) and the net surface heat flux (d).

(a) Linear trend:

(b) Linear trend:

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(d)