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The influence of the winter atmospheric forcing on the interannual variability of the Black Sea’s active layer’s thermohaline structure during 1982–2008 is investigated. The results are based on the combined analysis of the hydrological measurements from a ship, satellite measurements of the sea’s surface temperature (SST), and the NCEP/NCAR reanalysis data for the surface air temperature (SAT). A high correlation between the variability of the winter mean SST/SAT and the thermohaline characteristics of the active layer during the following warm season was found. It is shown that the winter atmospheric forcing significantly affects the variability of the temperature, salinity, and density down to the 150–200 m depth, and this has to be considered in the analysis of the interannual and long-term variability of the Black Sea’s active layer.
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Original Russian Text © V.B. Piotukh, A.G. Zatsepin, A.S. Kazmin, V.G. Yakubenko, 2011, published in Okeanologiya, 2011, Vol. 51, No. 2, pp. 232–241.
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Piotukh, V.B., Zatsepin, A.G., Kazmin, A.S. et al. Impact of the winter cooling on the variability of the thermohaline characteristics of the active layer in the Black Sea. Oceanology 51, 221–230 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0001437011020123
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