Thermohaline properties in the Eastern Mediterranean in the last three decades: is the basin returning to the pre-EMT situation?

Cardin, V.; Civitarese, G.; Hainbucher, D.; Bensi, M.; Rubino, A.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/os-11-53-2015

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09 Jan 2015

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| 09 Jan 2015

Thermohaline properties in the Eastern Mediterranean in the last three decades: is the basin returning to the pre-EMT situation?

V. Cardin, G. Civitarese, D. Hainbucher, M. Bensi, and A. Rubino

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Final revised paper (published on 09 Jan 2015)
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RC C16: 'Referee comment', Anonymous Referee #1, 18 Feb 2014
RC C266: 'review', Anonymous Referee #2, 22 Apr 2014
AC C582: 'answers to Referee #1', Vanessa Cardin, 10 Jul 2014
AC C587: 'Answers to Referee #2', Vanessa Cardin, 10 Jul 2014

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The results of this study reveal that the thermohaline properties in the study area in 2011 lie between the thermohaline characteristics of the EMT and those of the pre-EMT phase, indicating a possible slow return towards the latter. It highlights the relationship between the hydrological property distribution of the upper layer in the Levantine basin and the alternate circulation regimes in the Ionian, which modulates the salinity distribution in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea.