Linking Latitudinal Variability of Western Atlantic Wave Climate to the North Atlantic Oscillation

• Main Author: Provancha, Christian Joseph
• Language: English
• Published: University of Florida 2016
• Subjects: analysis; assessment; atlantic; buoy; canaveral; cape; christian; climate; cod; data; decadal; decade; el; geology; geomorphology; geostrophic; gulf; hatteras; height; hindcast; intergyre; latitudinal; level; maine; mean; median; model; nao; nino; north; oscillation; provancha; rise; sea; sediment; statistical; swh; teleconnection; transport; trend; trends; us; variability; wave; waves; wind; winds; wiswave; Cape Christian; North Cape; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation
• Online Access: http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0050409/00001

Ocean wave climate exerts a fundamental control on geomorphic evolution of coasts, by providing a characterization of the deep-water wave heights, periods, and directions responsible for supplying energy to transport nearshore sediment within the coastal zone. Three decades of western North Atlantic...