Assessment of the Black Sea Temperature and Salinity Climatic Fields for the Recent Climatological Period (1991–2020)

N. V. Markova✉, V. N. Belokopytov, O. A. Dymova, N. A. Miklashevskaya

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

✉ e-mail: n.v.markova@mail.ru

Abstract

Purpose. The purpose of the study is to assess the coefficient of vertical turbulent exchange for different layers of the Black Sea basin based on the experimental data on microstructure of the physical fields obtained for the period 2004–2019 in the Black Sea and using the semi-empirical models.

Methods and Results. New array of the temperature and salinity climatic fields was assessed by the results of numerical experiments. In the experiment, annual variation of the Black Sea hydrophysical parameters was reconstructed by the numerical model. Modeling included the scheme of assimilating the data of the climatic temperature and salinity array assessed. In contrast to the averaged data of the field observations, the modeled fields are compliant with equations of motion. Besides the temperature and salinity three-dimensional fields, the three-dimensional climatic fields of the Black Sea currents were also reconstructed for each day of a climatic year that is quite impossible using the observational data only. Spatial-temporal variability of the modeled three-dimensional fields was analyzed. The integral characteristics of the Black Sea water dynamics for the recent 30-year climatic period were studied and compared with the analogous ones for the previous century. Simulation was carried out by three-dimensional non-linear model of the Black Sea dynamics developed in Marine Hydrophysical Institute. The horizontal resolution of the model was 5 km, and the EMODNet bathymetry was used. The performed calculations showed that the increased spatial resolution of the temperature and salinity climatic array for the recent period made it possible to reconstruct the dynamics of the Black Sea in all layers in more detail. At the same time, significant small-scale variability of salinity fields was revealed. It was most pronounced at the deep-water horizons.

Conclusions. Modeling using a new array of thermohaline fields revealed an increase in the integral temperature of the upper mixed layer in comparison with the experiment with assimilation of the previous version of the climatic array. At that, thinning and «break» of the cold intermediate layer found in the central part of the sea, indicates warming of the sea upper layer during the last 30 years. The highest noise detected at the deep-water horizons in the modeled salinity fields is related to quantity and quality of the salinity data resulted from the field observations. Taking into account insufficient calibration facilities for measuring seawater electrical conductivity, the next version of climatic TS-array requires a more strict procedure for verifying and processing the observation data obtained in the deep-sea layers.

Keywords

climatic fields, modeling, assimilation, Black Sea, temperature, salinity, currents

Acknowledgements

Numerical experiments on modeling of the Black Sea dynamics were carried out within the framework of the state task on theme No. 0555-2021-0003. The experiment results were processed and analyzed within the framework of the state task on theme No. 0555-2021-0004.

Original russian text

Original Russian Text © N. V. Markova, V. N. Belokopytov, O. A. Dymova, N. A. Miklashevskaya, 2021, published in MORSKOY GIDROFIZICHESKIY ZHURNAL, Vol. 37, Iss. 4, pp. 423-435 (2021)

For citation

Markova, N.V., Belokopytov, V.N., Dymova, O.A. and Miklashevskaya, N.A., 2021. Assessment of the Black Sea Temperature and Salinity Climatic Fields for the Recent Climatological Period (1991–2020). Physical Oceanography, 28(4), pp. 392-403. doi:10.22449/1573-160X-2021-4-392-403

DOI

10.22449/1573-160X-2021-4-392-403

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