What Causes the Arabian Gulf Significant Summer Sea Surface Temperature Warming Trend?

Author:

Alawad Kamal A.12ORCID,Al-Subhi Abdullah M.1ORCID,Alsaafani Mohammed A.1ORCID,Alraddadi Turki M.1ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Marine Physics Department, Faculty of Marine Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80207, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia

2. Weather Forecast Division, Sudan Meteorological Authority, Khartoum 574, Sudan

Abstract

The present study investigated the significant sea surface temperature (SST) warming trend during the summer season over the Arabian Gulf (AG) and its links with the large-scale atmospheric driver, namely, the Atlantic multidecadal oscillation (AMO), from 1900 to 2021. The link between the AMO and the AGs oceanic circulations has received little scientific attention. It has been found that there is a significant spatial positive trend, with a maximum of up to 0.6 °C per decade over the far northern end, while the time series trend shows a significant shift after 1995, with an average value of about 0.36 °C per decade. The spatial trend in the AG is eight times and four times higher than the global value from 1980 to 2005 using HadISST and OISST, respectively. The AMOs significant role in the AGs SST significant warming trend has been confirmed by the spatial and temporal correlation coefficient, which is above 0.50 and 0.48, respectively, with statistical significance at the 99% level. The underlying mechanisms that explained the AMO-related AGs SST decadal variability can be explained as follows: when the AMO is in a positive phase, the surface northwesterly wind weakens, leading to (1) less advection of the relatively cold air masses from Southern Europe to the AG and surrounding areas, (2) less evaporation, and thus less surface cooling (3); thus, this enhances the water masses stratification and decreases the upwelling process, and vice versa occurs for the negative phase. For the air temperature, the positive AMO phase coincides with the occurrence of warm air masses covering all of the Arabian Peninsula, North Africa, and Southern Europe. These processes prove that the AMO is a possible candidate for the AGs SST decadal variability, hence enabling a better evaluation of future climate scenarios for this important region. Our results provide initial insights into the AMO-driven spatiotemporal variability in the SST over the AG and prove that the relation is nonstationary over time. Further analyses are required to explore whether the impacts of the AMO are extended to other oceanic variables such as evaporation rate, heat transport, etc.

Funder

Ministry of Education and King Abdulaziz University

Publisher

MDPI AG

Subject

Atmospheric Science,Environmental Science (miscellaneous)

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