Analysing Sea Surface Temperature Change in Gulf of Iskenderun from 1982 to 2015

Year 2018, Volume: 3 Issue: 2, 159 - 168, 17.05.2018

Mehmet Ugur Gucel Abdulla Sakallı

https://doi.org/10.28978/nesciences.424665

Cited By: 2

Abstract

Climate change is one of the major challenge for Earth Systems in this century. Since the
Industrial revolution, energy demands of countries has been rapidly increased which also causes
an accelerated burning fossil fuels and increased greenhouse gases emission (GHG) into the
atmosphere. Sea surface temperature (SST) is a pointer of the water temperature, which mainly
related to sea surface layer and also plays an important role for keeping the energy balance
between atmosphere and marine ecosystems. Various studies show that surface temperature of
the inner seas surface temperature is affected by anthropogenic climate change. Gulf of
Iskenderun is located in the southeast Mediterranean region of Turkey. The Gulf is important
mainly for its industrial facilities and thermal power stations of Turkey. Due to the Suez Canal
and strait of Gibraltar the gulf has also very important meaning for migration of the alien species
into the Mediterranean Sea. To investigate the sea surface temperature (SST) change in the Gulf
of Iskenderun over the period of 1982-2015 we used remote sensed data, which have 4x4 km
high spatial and daily temporal resolution. This data collected from Copernicus Marine Services
which based on satellites Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) Pathfinder
Version 5.2 (PFV52). In the study period, the highest SST is determined in a JJA (June-JulyAugust)
season. The warmest region was the north is part of the bay. The SST change about 1.5º
C in the study period.

Keywords

SST, climate change, remote sensing

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