EGU22-12873, updated on 24 May 2022

https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu22-12873
EGU General Assembly 2022
© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Climatological analysis on the North-Western Black Sea upwelling

phenomena
Maria Emanuela Mihailov1, Luminita Lazar2, Gianina Chirosca3, Petrica Popov1, Elena Daniela
Pantea2, Nicolae Vatu1, Dumitru Andrescu1, and Alecsandru Vladimir Chirosca3
1
Maritime Hydrographic Directorate "Commander Alexandru Catuneanu", Research, Development and Innovation Centre,
Constanta, Romania (emanuela.mihailov@dhmfn.ro)
2
National Institute for Marine Research and Development "Grigore Antipa", Constanta, Romania
3
University of Bucharest, Faculty of Physics, Magurele - Ilfov, Romania

We used monthly means by Copernicus Marine Services for the Black Sea basin to calculate a
series of metrics related to wind-driven upwelling dynamics (Upwelling Index) and examine the
relationship with nutrient and plankton environment. We then use these to objectively describe
upwelling signals in terms of their frequency, intensity and duration during summer months over
26 years (1993 - 2019). We found that an increase or a decrease in the sea surface temperature is
associated with a reduction (or increase) in upwelling events, a decrease/increase in the intensity
of upwelling, and a decrease/increase in the cumulative upwelling intensity, with differences
between Romanian Black sea areas. Nitrate supply by coastal upwelling has been estimated by
combining sea surface temperature and salinity for the in-situ data for the North-Western Black
Sea shallow waters. The seasonal vertical transport induced by wind forcing was assessed by daily
wind data retrieved from the Copernicus Marine Service data was used.

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