Hydrological Research in the Northern Part of the Black Sea in 2016 (87th, 89th and 91st Cruises of R/V Professor Vodyanitsky)

Yu. V. Artamonov✉, E. A. Skripaleva, D. V. Alekseev, A. V. Fedirko, S. А. Shutov, R. V. Kolmak, R. O. Shapovalov, S. V. Shcherbachenko

Marine Hydrophysical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Sevastopol, Russian Federation

✉ e-mail: sea-ant@yandex.ru

Abstract

The present paper represents the complex monitoring results of the hydrological field condition and water dynamics in the Black Sea northern part within the economic region of Russia carried out in the scientific expeditions in 2016 (87th, 89th and 91st cruises of R/V Professor Vodyanitsky). It is shown that distributions of all the thermohaline characteristics obtained from the data of three surveys demonstrate a pronounced seasonal character of a signal. It is manifested in consistent decrease of the upper mixed layer mean temperature, growth of temperature in the cold intermediate layer core and in deepening of the lower boundary of the upper mixed layer, the cold intermediate layer core and the hydrogen sulphide zone upper boundary. In course of three surveys, the Rim Current deep stream was located above the continental slope. The maximum velocities are observed nearby the Crimea southwestern coast. In the western part of the region considered, a well pronounced Sevastopol anticyclone (most distinct in October, 2016) is observed. The Sevastopol anticyclone manifests itself also in distributions of the hydrological characteristics. Temperature increase, salinity decrease and deepening of the lower boundary of the upper mixed layer and the cold intermediate layer core are observed on the sea surface in the anticyclone area.

Keywords

the Black Sea, thermohaline fields, the Rim Current, upper mixed layer, cold intermediate layer, Sevastopol anticyclonic gyre, spatial-temporal variability

Acknowledgements

The research was carried out within the framework of FSBSI MHI State Order No. № 0827-2018-0003 “Fundamental research of the oceanological processes that determine marine environment state and evolution under the effect of natural and anthropogenic factors, based on methods of observation and modeling”.

Original russian text

Original Russian Text © The Authors, 2018, published in MORSKOY GIDROFIZICHESKIY ZHURNAL, Vol. 34, Iss. 3, pp. 247–253 (2018)

For citation

Artamonov, Yu.V., Skripaleva, E.A., Alekseev, D.V., Fedirko, A.V., Shutov, S.А., Kolmak, R.V., Shapovalov, R.O. and Shcherbachenko, S.V., 2018. Hydrological Research in the Northern Part of the Black Sea in 2016 (87th, 89th and 91st Cruises of R/V Professor Vodyanitsky). Physical Oceanography, [e-journal] 25(3), pp. 229-234. doi:10.22449/1573-160X-2018-3-229-234

DOI

10.22449/1573-160X-2018-3-229-234

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