Open AccessInvestigation of the spatio-temporal variability of the Black Sea upper mixed layer thickness based on the results of numerical calculations
Author(s) -
Yu. B. Ratner,
A. L. Kholod
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1359/1/012126
Subject(s) - black sea , principal component analysis , geology , spatial variability , spatial distribution , unified modeling language , remote sensing , oceanography , computer science , mathematics , statistics , software , programming language
The results of the Black Sea uniform mixed layer (UML) thickness determination were used for investigation of its spatio-temporal variability based on numerical calculations of the monitoring and forecasting center of the Black Sea (BS MFC). The spatial distribution of the mean and standard deviations of the UML depths in the Black Sea has been studied over the seven-year period. The time series analysis of UML thickness was performed by their spatial averaging over the Black Sea area for each day of the seven-year period. The principal components of the variability of the spatio-temporal UML depths field have been studied. The areas of high and low UML depths variability and the frequency-time characteristics of their variations have been determined.