The KLIWAS Climatology for Sea Surface Temperature and Ocean Colour Fronts 
In the North Sea 
List of figures 
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IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON FRONTS AND ECOSYSTEMS 
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2 
FLOWCHART OF FRONT DETECTION ALGORITHM 
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3 
SST FIELD AND SST FRONTAL ZONES IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE 
NORTH SEA 
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4 
SST FIELD AND SST FRONTAL ZONES IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE 
NORTH SEA 
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5 
LAND WATER MASK OF THE NORTH SEA 
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6 
BATHYMETRY OF THE NORTH SEA 
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DISTRIBUTION OF THE SST FRONT GRADIENT VECTORS AND HISTOGRAM 
OF THE DIRECTION OF THE SST FRONT GRADIENT VECTORS 
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8 
FREQUENCY OF GEOSTROPHIC EAST (RED) AND WEST (BLUE) WINDS 
OVER THE NORTH SEA 
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RELATIVE MONTHLY FREQUENCY OF GEOSTROPHIC EAST (RED) AND 
WEST (RED) WINDS WIND DIRECTION 
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DISTRIBUTION OF ALL GEOSTROPHIC WIND DIRECTIONS OVER THE 
NORTH SEA 
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11 
MONTHLY FREQUENCY OF THE AVHHR PRODUCTS SHOWN IN FIG. 12 
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12 
DIFFERENT FRONT PRODUCTS BASED ON THE DATA OF THE AVHRR SENSOR 
ON NOAA AND METOP 
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13 
SIGN AND SIGNIFICANCE OF TRENDS OF YEARLY WIND DIRECTION 
FREQUENCIES 
List of tables 
1 DATA SETS INCLUDED INTO THE CLIMATOLOGY 
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VALUES SUPPLIED FOR THE STATISTICAL SST/OC FRONT PRODUCT