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Dynamics of the sea surface temperature on a global scale using satellite measurements

G. Vysotskaya (1,2), A. Shevyrnogov (1,3) (1) Institute of Biophysics of SB RAS, Krasnoyarsk, Russia,

(2) Institute of Computational Modelling of SB RAS, Krasnoyarsk, Russia

(3) Siberian Federal University, Krasnoyarsk, Russia

108 satellite MODIS images (2160 x 4320) – 7.2002-7.2011 and 300 AVHRR images (4096 x 8192) - 1985 - 2009 were used in this investigation. Sea surface temperature may be represented as a sum: Ci,j(t) = Fi,j( (t)) +ξi,j( (t))+Ui,j (t),where Fi,j(m) is a mean for (i,j); (t) is a number of a month for time t; ξi,j(m) is a random variable, that describe natural variability of the ocean. It depends on (i,j) and a month. Ui,j(t) is a some additional variable, that can be defined by climatic changes, human impact etc.

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Conclusions• Long-term changes of sea surface temperature

are global.• The largest positive anomalies appear almost

synchronously in the different oceans.

• The largest negative anomalies usually are not synchronous in the different oceans

• Variability of SST in the Atlantic and Indian oceans is higher than in the Pacific ocean.

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