Spatiotemporal variability of sea surface temperature in the Caribbean Sea
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https://doi.org/10.35197/rx.13.03.2017.14.epKeywords:
Caribbean Sea, El Niño, La Niña, climatic variabilityAbstract
Twenty-one years of infrared satellite images of the Caribbean Sea from January 1983 to December 2002 were used to describe the variability of sea surface temperature. The images used were obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Jet Propulsion Laboratory Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center (http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov) and have a temporal resolution of 8 days and an approximate spatial resolution of 18 x 18 km. Through a harmonic analysis of the annual, semiannual, triannual and quadrennial signals of the images, modeled sea surface temperature series were obtained to characterize the climatic variability by region in the Caribbean Sea. The differences between the modeled series and the original series define interannual anomalies related mainly to events such as El Niño and La Niña, among others. These events present a teleconnection with the Caribbean Sea in a lag of 4 to 5 months. In this study, the climatic behavior of the Caribbean Sea surface temperature is established for the first time, as well as its response to global events. The modeled series explain ~67% of the variability of the original series, indicating that 33% depends on interannual phenomena.
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