Impact of the atmospheric climate modes on Mediterranean sea level variability
The relationships of Mediterranean sea level, its atmospherically driven and thermosteric components with the large scale atmospheric modes over the North Atlantic and Europe are explored and quantified. The modes considered are the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), the East Atlantic pattern (EA), t...
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ftsouthampton:oai:eprints.soton.ac.uk:363502 2023-07-30T04:05:18+02:00 Impact of the atmospheric climate modes on Mediterranean sea level variability Martínez-Asensio, Adrián Marcos, Marta Tsimplis, Michael N. Gomis, Damià Josey, Simon Jordà, Gabriel 2014-03-24 text https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/363502/ https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/363502/1/martinez-asensio_2014.pdf en English eng https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/363502/1/martinez-asensio_2014.pdf Martínez-Asensio, Adrián, Marcos, Marta, Tsimplis, Michael N., Gomis, Damià, Josey, Simon and Jordà, Gabriel (2014) Impact of the atmospheric climate modes on Mediterranean sea level variability. Global and Planetary Change, 118, 1-15. (doi:10.1016/j.gloplacha.2014.03.007 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2014.03.007>). Article PeerReviewed 2014 ftsouthampton https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2014.03.007 2023-07-09T21:52:18Z The relationships of Mediterranean sea level, its atmospherically driven and thermosteric components with the large scale atmospheric modes over the North Atlantic and Europe are explored and quantified. The modes considered are the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), the East Atlantic pattern (EA), the Scandinavian pattern (SCAN) and the East Atlantic/Western Russian (EA/WR). The influence of each mode changes between winter and summer. During winter the NAO is the major mode impacting winter Mediterranean sea level (accounting for 83% of the variance) with SCAN being the second (56%) mode in importance. Both NAO and SCAN effects are partly due to direct atmospheric forcing of sea level through wind and pressure changes. However NAO and SCAN are correlated with each other during winter and they explain the same part of variability. The EA/WR also affects the atmospheric sea level component in winter (13%), acting through atmospheric pressure patterns. In winter, the thermosteric contribution is correlated with the SCAN in parts of the Eastern Mediterranean (9%). The rate of change of the thermosteric component in winter is correlated with the EA (24%). During the summer season, the sea level variance is much reduced and the impact of the large scale modes is in most parts of the Mediterranean Sea non significant. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic North Atlantic oscillation University of Southampton: e-Prints Soton Global and Planetary Change 118 1 15 |
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The relationships of Mediterranean sea level, its atmospherically driven and thermosteric components with the large scale atmospheric modes over the North Atlantic and Europe are explored and quantified. The modes considered are the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), the East Atlantic pattern (EA), the Scandinavian pattern (SCAN) and the East Atlantic/Western Russian (EA/WR). The influence of each mode changes between winter and summer. During winter the NAO is the major mode impacting winter Mediterranean sea level (accounting for 83% of the variance) with SCAN being the second (56%) mode in importance. Both NAO and SCAN effects are partly due to direct atmospheric forcing of sea level through wind and pressure changes. However NAO and SCAN are correlated with each other during winter and they explain the same part of variability. The EA/WR also affects the atmospheric sea level component in winter (13%), acting through atmospheric pressure patterns. In winter, the thermosteric contribution is correlated with the SCAN in parts of the Eastern Mediterranean (9%). The rate of change of the thermosteric component in winter is correlated with the EA (24%). During the summer season, the sea level variance is much reduced and the impact of the large scale modes is in most parts of the Mediterranean Sea non significant. |
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Impact of the atmospheric climate modes on Mediterranean sea level variability |
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Impact of the atmospheric climate modes on Mediterranean sea level variability |
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Impact of the atmospheric climate modes on Mediterranean sea level variability |
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Impact of the atmospheric climate modes on Mediterranean sea level variability |
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Impact of the atmospheric climate modes on Mediterranean sea level variability |
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