Sea Level Rise, Spatially Uneven and Temporally Unsteady: Why the U.S. East Coast, the Global Tide Gauge Record, and the Global Altimeter Data Show Different Trends
Impacts of ocean dynamics on spatial and temporal variations in sea level rise (SLR) along the U.S. East Coast are characterized by empirical mode decomposition analysis and compared with global SLR. The findings show a striking latitudinal SLR pattern. Sea level acceleration consistent with a weake...
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ftolddominionuni:oai:digitalcommons.odu.edu:ccpo_pubs-1135 2023-05-15T17:33:01+02:00 Sea Level Rise, Spatially Uneven and Temporally Unsteady: Why the U.S. East Coast, the Global Tide Gauge Record, and the Global Altimeter Data Show Different Trends Ezer, Tal 2013-10-01T07:00:00Z application/pdf https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/ccpo_pubs/110 https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1135&context=ccpo_pubs unknown ODU Digital Commons https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/ccpo_pubs/110 https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1135&context=ccpo_pubs CCPO Publications Atlantic coast North Atlantic Gulf Stream Circulation Sea level rise Transport Variability Climate Oceanography article 2013 ftolddominionuni 2021-03-02T18:08:41Z Impacts of ocean dynamics on spatial and temporal variations in sea level rise (SLR) along the U.S. East Coast are characterized by empirical mode decomposition analysis and compared with global SLR. The findings show a striking latitudinal SLR pattern. Sea level acceleration consistent with a weakening Gulf Stream is maximum just north of Cape Hatteras and decreasing northward, while SLR driven by multidecadal variations, possibly from climatic variations in subpolar regions, is maximum in the north and decreasing southward. The combined impact of sea level acceleration and multidecadal variations explains why the global mean SLR obtained from similar to 20 years of altimeter data is about twice the century-long global SLR obtained from tide gauge data. The sea level difference between Bermuda and the U.S. coast is highly correlated with the transport of the Atlantic Overturning Circulation, a result with implications for detecting past and future climatic changes using tide gauge data. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Old Dominion University: ODU Digital Commons |
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Impacts of ocean dynamics on spatial and temporal variations in sea level rise (SLR) along the U.S. East Coast are characterized by empirical mode decomposition analysis and compared with global SLR. The findings show a striking latitudinal SLR pattern. Sea level acceleration consistent with a weakening Gulf Stream is maximum just north of Cape Hatteras and decreasing northward, while SLR driven by multidecadal variations, possibly from climatic variations in subpolar regions, is maximum in the north and decreasing southward. The combined impact of sea level acceleration and multidecadal variations explains why the global mean SLR obtained from similar to 20 years of altimeter data is about twice the century-long global SLR obtained from tide gauge data. The sea level difference between Bermuda and the U.S. coast is highly correlated with the transport of the Atlantic Overturning Circulation, a result with implications for detecting past and future climatic changes using tide gauge data. |
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Sea Level Rise, Spatially Uneven and Temporally Unsteady: Why the U.S. East Coast, the Global Tide Gauge Record, and the Global Altimeter Data Show Different Trends |
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Sea Level Rise, Spatially Uneven and Temporally Unsteady: Why the U.S. East Coast, the Global Tide Gauge Record, and the Global Altimeter Data Show Different Trends |
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Sea Level Rise, Spatially Uneven and Temporally Unsteady: Why the U.S. East Coast, the Global Tide Gauge Record, and the Global Altimeter Data Show Different Trends |
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Sea Level Rise, Spatially Uneven and Temporally Unsteady: Why the U.S. East Coast, the Global Tide Gauge Record, and the Global Altimeter Data Show Different Trends |
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Sea Level Rise, Spatially Uneven and Temporally Unsteady: Why the U.S. East Coast, the Global Tide Gauge Record, and the Global Altimeter Data Show Different Trends |
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sea level rise, spatially uneven and temporally unsteady: why the u.s. east coast, the global tide gauge record, and the global altimeter data show different trends |
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