Specific features of the change in the statistical characteristics of the horizontal structure of the salinity field of the Azov Sea waters

The work is based on the data from 49 spring, summer and autumn oceanographic surveys carried out by the Azov-Black Sea Branch of FSBSI “VNIRO” (“AzNIIRKH”) in the Azov Sea from 2001 to 2016. As characteristics of the horizontal structure of the salinity field, the radii of the concentration region of the spatial correlation function of the field in the zonal and meridional directions in the surface and bottom horizons were calculated, as well as their ratio reflecting the prevailing direction of water exchange. The average size of meridional radii was 42 km, and for the zonal one it was equal to 46 km. It is shown that, in the surface layer, the radii are maximum in summer and minimum in spring; in the bottom layer they decrease mainly from spring to autumn. The zonal radius prevails in the surface layer of the sea, whereas the meridional one prevails in the bottom. In the trends of long-term changes in the surface layer, the sizes of the meridional radii have increased. In the bottom layer, the zonal radii were decreasing. The years of predominance of zonal radii in the structure of the salinity field were attended with a decrease in the average salinity of the sea, and the predominance of meridional radii was associated with its increase. An almost complete absence of statistically significant relationships between the characteristics of the field, both in seasonal and in average annual values, was noted.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Panov, B.N., Spiridonova, E.O.
Other Authors:	Bragina, T.M.
Format:	Journal Contribution biblioteca
Language:	Russian
Published:	2020
Subjects:	Oceanographic surveys, Salinity fields, Meridional radii, Zonal radii, Bottom horizons, Bottom layers, Long-term records, Surface horizons, Океанографические исследования, Поля солености, Многолетние данные, Зональные радиусы, Меридиональные радиусы, Поверхностный горизонт, Водообмен, Придонные слои,
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/1834/17791
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