Abstract: acific Ocean sea surface height trends from satellite altimeter observations for 1993?2009 are examined in the context of longer tide gauge records and wind stress patterns. The dominant regional trends are high rates in ...

Abstract: The scattering of coastal-trapped waves (CTWs) by a region of irregular shelf bathymetry is determined from a circulation integral of the depth-integrated momentum equations. For relatively weak stratification the conservation ...

Abstract: A network of island tide gauges is used to estimate interannual geostrophic current anomalies (GCAs) in the western Pacific from 1975 to 1997. The focus of this study is the zonal component of the current averaged between ...

Abstract: AbstractThe U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Islands (USAPIs), located in the tropical western Pacific, are very susceptible to severe drought. Dry season (December?May) rainfall anomalies have different relationships to ENSO for ...

Abstract: Microstructure observations over a small seamount on the Kaena Ridge, Hawaii, showed asymmetry in the along- and across-ridge directions. The ?400-m-high seamount is on the southern edge of the ridge (centered at 21°43?49?N, ...

Abstract: Large semidiurnal vertical displacements (≈100 m) and strong baroclinic currents (≈0.5 m s?1; several times as large as barotropic currents) dominate motions in Mamala Bay, outside the mouth of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. During ...

Abstract: A 3-month mooring deployment (August?November 2002) was made in 2425-m depth, on the south flank of Kaena Ridge, Hawaii, to examine tidal variations within 200 m of the steeply sloping bottom. Horizontal currents and ...

Abstract: he rate of coastal sea level change in the northeast Pacific (NEP) has decreased in recent decades. The relative contributions to the decreased rate from remote equatorial wind stress, local longshore wind stress, and local ...

Abstract: Over the past century, tide gauges in Hawaii have recorded interdecadal sea level variations that are coherent along the island chain. The generation of this signal and its relationship to other interdecadal variability ...