@article {483,
	title = {The anomalous warming of summer 2003 in the surface layer of the Central Ligurian Sea (Western Mediterranean)},
	journal = {Annales Geophysicae},
	volume = {24},
	year = {2006},
	abstract = {<p>Meteorological and sea temperature data from the ODAS Italia 1 buoy  (Ligurian Sea, Western Mediterranean)are used to study the anomalous  warming of summer 2003 at sea. The event was related to the record heat  wave that interested much of Europe from June to September of that year.  The data show that the anomalous warming was prevalently confined to  within a few meters below the sea surface. On the contrary, the  temperatures in the underlying layers were lower than usual. The limited  vertical propagation of heat is ascribed to the high temperature  difference that arose between the surface and the deeper layers due to  protracted calm weather conditions. The degree of penetration of heat  deduced from the observations is consistent with that computed on the  basis of an energetic argument, wherein the wind constitutes the sole  supply of kinetic energy, while the heating is viewed as the source of  potential energy that must be \&quot;subtracted\&quot; by mixing. The results  support the hypothesis that the scanty energy from the wind is mainly  responsible for the development of the temperature anomaly at the sea  surface</p>},
	keywords = {air-sea interaction, anomalie thermique, climate, climate change, Europe, Ligurian Sea, Mediterranean sea, metorology, oceanography, sea surface, temperature, warming, western Mediterranean, wind},
	author = {S. Sparnocchia and M.E. Schiano and P. Picco and R. Bozzano and A. Cappelletti}
}
