Interannual Variations of Surface Currents and Transports in the Sicily Channel Derived From Coastal Altimetry

A 20 year coastal altimetry data set (X‐TRACK) is used, for the first time, to gain insight into the long‐term interannual variations of the surface circulation in the Sicily Channel. First, a spectral along with a time/space diagram analysis are applied to the monthly means. They reveal a regionally coherent current patterns from track to track with a marked interannual variability that is unequally shared between the Atlantic Tunisian Current...