Role of Atmospheric Indices in Describing Shoreline Variability Along the Atlantic Coast of Europe
Beaches are highly variable environments and respond to changes in wave forcing, themselves modulated by climate variability. Here, we analyze three high‐quality beach profile data sets to robustly investigate, for the first time, the link between shoreline change, wave forcing and climate variabili...
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ftunivplympearl:oai:pearl.plymouth.ac.uk:10026.1/21981 2024-05-19T07:45:02+00:00 Role of Atmospheric Indices in Describing Shoreline Variability Along the Atlantic Coast of Europe Masselink, G Castelle, B Scott, T Konstantinou, A 2024-01-31T11:45:28Z application/pdf https://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/handle/10026.1/21981 https://doi.org/10.1029/2023gl106019 en eng American Geophysical Union (AGU) ISSN:0094-8276 ISSN:1944-8007 E-ISSN:1944-8007 0094-8276 1944-8007 ARTN e2023GL106019 https://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/handle/10026.1/21981 doi:10.1029/2023gl106019 2024-2-1 beaches atmospheric indices shoreline variability storms journal-article Article 2024 ftunivplympearl https://doi.org/10.1029/2023gl106019 2024-05-01T00:05:12Z Beaches are highly variable environments and respond to changes in wave forcing, themselves modulated by climate variability. Here, we analyze three high‐quality beach profile data sets to robustly investigate, for the first time, the link between shoreline change, wave forcing and climate variability along the Atlantic coast of Europe. Winter wave conditions are strongly associated with North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) and Western Europe Pressure Anomaly (WEPA), with WEPA explaining 50%–80% of the winter wave power variability. Shoreline variability during winter is also strongly linked to NAO and WEPA, with WEPA explaining 25% of the winter shoreline variability. Winter wave conditions and associated shoreline variability are both unrelated to El Nino Southern Oscillation. In addition to the atmospherically‐forced beach morphological response, shoreline change also depends strongly on the antecedent morphology as evidenced by significant correlations between summer/winter shoreline response and the shoreline position at the start of each season. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic North Atlantic oscillation PEARL (Plymouth Electronic Archiv & ResearchLibrary, Plymouth University) Geophysical Research Letters 50 22 |
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Beaches are highly variable environments and respond to changes in wave forcing, themselves modulated by climate variability. Here, we analyze three high‐quality beach profile data sets to robustly investigate, for the first time, the link between shoreline change, wave forcing and climate variability along the Atlantic coast of Europe. Winter wave conditions are strongly associated with North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) and Western Europe Pressure Anomaly (WEPA), with WEPA explaining 50%–80% of the winter wave power variability. Shoreline variability during winter is also strongly linked to NAO and WEPA, with WEPA explaining 25% of the winter shoreline variability. Winter wave conditions and associated shoreline variability are both unrelated to El Nino Southern Oscillation. In addition to the atmospherically‐forced beach morphological response, shoreline change also depends strongly on the antecedent morphology as evidenced by significant correlations between summer/winter shoreline response and the shoreline position at the start of each season. |
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Role of Atmospheric Indices in Describing Shoreline Variability Along the Atlantic Coast of Europe |
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Role of Atmospheric Indices in Describing Shoreline Variability Along the Atlantic Coast of Europe |
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Role of Atmospheric Indices in Describing Shoreline Variability Along the Atlantic Coast of Europe |
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Role of Atmospheric Indices in Describing Shoreline Variability Along the Atlantic Coast of Europe |
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Role of Atmospheric Indices in Describing Shoreline Variability Along the Atlantic Coast of Europe |
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role of atmospheric indices in describing shoreline variability along the atlantic coast of europe |
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