Extralimital Senegalese species during Marine Isotope Stages 5.5 and 11 in the Canary Islands (29 degrees N): Sea surface temperature estimates

[EN] The presence of Harpa doris Röding, 1798 in marine deposits of the last interglacial period, ~. 130-120. ka (marine isotope stage or MIS 5.5) in the Canary Islands (Gran Canaria, Lanzarote and Fuerteventura) enabled us to compare this occurrence with its present habitat in the Gulf of Guinea and the Cape Verde Islands, well to the south. This comparison leads to the conclusion that sea surface temperatures (SSTs) in the waters around the Canary Islands during the last interglacial period were at least 3.3. °C higher than today. H. doris is found in association with the large gastropod Persististrombus latus (Gmelin, 1791) as well as the coral Siderastrea radians (Pallas, 1766).

Asignación de profundidad significativa a las observaciones remotas de la temperatura superficial del mar

Se asigna una profundidad efectiva para las medidas de temperatura superficial del mar obtenida mediante AVHRR en aguas del Atlántico Centro-Oriental. Las distribuciones espaciales de temperatura a cierta profundidad pueden definirse por satélite. En la mesoescala (l° mes) y para una precisión absoluta de 1ºK. Se encuentra que el espesor de la capa homogénea varía entre unos 100 m en febrero aproximadamente 20m de septiembre. ABSTRACT: Using a 11 years time series of monthly mean AVHRR sea surface temperatures and a comparable time series of XBT data for Central Eastem Atlantic, a representative depth is assigned to satellite measurements. At mesoscale (1 degree, month resolution) the thickness of fue homogeneous surface layer varíes from approximately 100 m in February to only 20 m in september, for an accuracy of loK in the temperature deterrnination.