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Climate change signal in the ocean circulation of the Tyrrhenian Sea
Environmental Sciences Institute, University of Castilla–La Mancha, Avenida Carlos III s/n, 45071, Toledo, Spain
Departamento de Matemática Aplicada a la Ingeniería Industrial, E.T.S.I. Industriales, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, c/ José Gutiérrez Abascal, 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain
Iván M. Parras-Berrocal
Department of Applied Physics, Faculty of Marine and Environmental Sciences, Marine Research Institute (INMAR), International Campus of Excellence of the Sea (CEIMAR), University of Cadiz, Puerto Real, 11510 Cadiz, Spain
Alfredo Izquierdo
Department of Applied Physics, Faculty of Marine and Environmental Sciences, Marine Research Institute (INMAR), International Campus of Excellence of the Sea (CEIMAR), University of Cadiz, Puerto Real, 11510 Cadiz, Spain
Dmitry V. Sein
Paleoclimate Dynamics group, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany
St Petersburg Branch, P. P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology RAS, Moscow, Russia
William Cabos
Departmento de Física y Matemáticas, Universidad de Alcalá, Madrid, 28801, Spain
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We study with the regionally coupled climate model ROM the impact of climate change on the Tyrrhenian Sea circulation, as well as the possible mechanisms and consequences in the NW Mediterranean Sea. Our results show a shift towards the summer circulation pattern by the end of the century. Also, water flowing via the Corsica Channel is more stratified and smaller in volume. Both factors may contribute to the interruption of deep water formation in the Gulf of Lions in the future.
We study with the regionally coupled climate model ROM the impact of climate change on the...
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