The results of a statistical analysis of the sea temperature field near the South coast of Crimea in the area of Cape Kikineiz, Katsiveli settlement, in the second half of 2013 are presented. The data of the systematic operational monitoring of the vertical profile of the sea water temperature in the area of the Stationary oceanographic platform were used. The data were obtained using a thermoline developed at the Marine Hydrophysical Institute. A number of parameters have been calculated that characterize the structure of the vertical temperature profiles of sea water in the region. An assessment of the temporal variability of the calculated parameters during the summer and autumn hydrological seasons is given. Several specific cases are considered that characterize the transformation of the vertical structure of water temperature during the development of upwelling and downwelling. The influence is noted of atmospheric factors, such as variability of the alongshore wind component, heat flow through the sea surface, and volumetric absorption of solar radiation, on the temporal variability of characteristics of the vertical water temperature profile in the southern Crimea coastal zone.
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