Annual variability of sea surface temperature in the northern argentinean continental shelf
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SST seasonal cycle, EOF analysis, water regime areas, Southwestern Atlantic OceanAbstract
Twelve years of daily satellite data (0.1° spatial resolution) were used to study the seasonal variability of the sea surface temperature (SST) over the Northern Argentinean Continental Shelf (NACS; between 33°- 45° S and 52°- 66° W). The seasonal cycle, which includes the annual and semi-annual signals, was assessed using harmonic analysis. The annual cycle explained more than 90% of the total variance in the NACS, with SST amplitudes varying from 3.4 to 7.6° C. Largest variances values for this timescale were observed along the Argentinean coast and the inner shelf; particularly in the El Rincón region (exceeding 96%). Empirical Orthogonal Function Analysis (EOF) in S-Mode was applied to daily SST anomalies in the annual timescale, indicating that nearly 94% of its variance was explained by the first two modes, which accounted for 70 and 24% of the variance, respectively. Mode 1 prevailed most of the year with its positive phase occurring in autumn/winter and the negative in spring/summer.
This mode revealed the seasonal radiative warming/cooling, related to the heating/cooling in summer/winter in most of the NACS; the shallow waters of the Río de la Plata and El Rincón were heated and cooled more and faster than deeper waters. The weakest seasonal heating/cooling occurred around Península Valdés, where vertical mixing maximizes due to tidal action. Mode 2 corresponded to early spring and early fall in their positive and negative phases, respectively. This mode was related to a transition during the early intermediate seasons when the cooling/heating of an extended coastal region connecting Península Valdés and the Río de la Plata occur.
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