Warming and freshwater budget change in the Mediterranean
since the 1940s, their possible relation to the greenhouse effect

Jean-Pierre Béthoux, Bernard Gentili and Dominique Tailliez

Geophysical Research Letters

Reçu le 4 November 1997, révisé le 2 Février 1998, accepté le 12 Février 1998.

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• abstract
• Introduction
• Heat and water budgets
• Marine data and surface changes
• Heat budget and surface temperature increase
• Freshwater budget and salinity increase
• Conclusion
• acknowledgments
• References