Climatological trends from 32 years of observations at L’Estartit station, near the Catalan Coast (NW Mediterranean)

38th CIESM Congress, Istanbul, Turkey.-- 1 page, 1 tableThe air and sea temperature trends observed along the last 32 years and the evolution of the sea level during the last 15 years at a coastalstation in the Western Mediterranean are presented. The results show a general temperature increase, especially during the spring periodwhich implies an advancement of the summer conditions at sea. The evolution in the minimum annual values of the heat content in winteris related to the reported trends in intermediate and deep waters. Finally the net increasing trend in sea level is related with the thermalexpansion due to the increasing heat content of the whole Western Mediterranea