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SUBMITTER: Incarbona A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4944156 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Incarbona Alessandro A Martrat Belen B Mortyn P Graham PG Sprovieri Mario M Ziveri Patrizia P Gogou Alexandra A Jordà Gabriel G Xoplaki Elena E Luterbacher Juerg J Langone Leonardo L Marino Gianluca G Rodríguez-Sanz Laura L Triantaphyllou Maria M Di Stefano Enrico E Grimalt Joan O JO Tranchida Giorgio G Sprovieri Rodolfo R Mazzola Salvatore S
Scientific reports 20160714
The Eastern Mediterranean Transient (EMT) occurred in the Aegean Sea from 1988 to 1995 and is the most significant intermediate-to-deep Mediterranean overturning perturbation reported by instrumental records. The EMT was likely caused by accumulation of high salinity waters in the Levantine and enhanced heat loss in the Aegean Sea, coupled with surface water freshening in the Sicily Channel. It is still unknown whether similar transients occurred in the past and, if so, what their forcing proces ...[more]