Figure 1: Western Mediterranean bathymetry and sub-regions (red lines) used for the computation of indicators. The four key sections considered to compute volume transports are represented by the pink lines. |
Volume Transports
In this section, the latest 30-day time series of volume transports through four key sections (see Figure 1) are displayed.
The four sections are the following:
- Gibraltar strait
- Ibiza Channel
- Mallorca Channel
- Soller-Tarragona section
Sea Surface Temperature
The Sea surface temperature (SST) is a crucial oceanic parameter for the exchanges of energy between the ocean and the atmosphere, for biological processes in the ocean, for fisheries and for a wide range of recreational activities. The temporal evolution of the spatially averaged SST is monitored in this section, both for the whole modeling domain and in the three sub-regions defined in Figure 1.
Figure 1: WMOP daily mean SST | Figure 2: WMOP spatially averaged SST over the last 30 days |
Sea Surface Salinity
Figure 1: WMOP daily mean SSS | Figure 2: WMOP spatially averaged SSS over the last 30 days |
Surface Kinetic Energy
Figure 1: WMOP daily mean surface KE | Figure 2: WMOP spatially averaged surface KE over the last 30 days |
Mixed Layer Depth
The highly variable ocean surface mixed layer is the layer where ocean-atmosphere exchanges of mass, momentum, energy, freshwater and heat take place, and where major biological and chemical processes occur.
The temporal evolution of the maximum Mixed Layer Depth (MLD) is monitored in this section, both for the whole modelling domain and in the three sub-regions defined in Figure 1.
The mixed layer depths are calculated using a density criterion with a threshold value ∆σθ corresponding to a fixed ∆T=0.2°C.
Figure 1: WMOP daily mean MLD | Figure 2: WMOP maximum MLD over the last 30 days |
Heat Content [0-150m]
The heat content integrated in the surface layer down to 150m can be considered as a climatic proxy to monitor the ocean heat content as well as the air-sea heat exchanges. The temporal evolution of the [0-150m] Heat Content (HC[0-150m]) is displayed in this section, both for the whole modelling domain and in the three sub-regions defined in Figure 1.
Figure 1: WMOP HC[0-150m] over the last 30 days |