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https://doi.org/10.5194/sp-4-osr8-11-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/sp-4-osr8-11-2024
30 Sep 2024
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The role of air–sea heat flux for marine heatwaves in the Mediterranean Sea

Dimitra Denaxa, Gerasimos Korres, Giulia Bonino, Simona Masina, and Maria Hatzaki

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We investigate the air–sea heat flux during marine heatwaves (MHWs) in the Mediterranean Sea. Surface heat flux drives 44 % of the onset and only 17 % of the declining MHW phases, suggesting a key role of oceanic processes. Heat flux is more important in warmer months and onset phases, with latent heat dominating. Shorter events show a weaker heat flux contribution. In most cases, mixed layer shoaling occurs over the entire MHW duration, followed by vertical mixing after the MHW end day.
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