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contributor authorHan, Guoqi
contributor authorHuang, Weigen
date accessioned2017-06-09T16:25:08Z
date available2017-06-09T16:25:08Z
date copyright2008/12/01
date issued2008
identifier issn0022-3670
identifier otherams-67504.pdf
identifier urihttp://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4208959
description abstractSea level variability off East China has been investigated based primarily on 10 years of Ocean Topography Experiment (TOPEX)/Poseidon altimetry data. The altimetric annual harmonic has a magnitude of 10 to 30 cm in amplitude and is highest in summer, agreeing well with independent tide-gauge data. After the inverse barometer effect is removed, the annual sea level cycle can be approximately accounted for by the steric height variation. Significant interannual sea level change was also observed from altimetry and tide-gauge data, with a range of ?10 cm. The interannual and longer-term sea level variability in the altimetric data are negatively correlated (significant at the 95% confidence level) with the Pacific decadal oscillation (PDO), attributed in part to steric height change. The altimetric sea level rise rate is 0.64 cm yr?1 for the period from 1992 to 2002, consistent with the tide-gauge rate of 0.6 cm yr?1. These values are much larger than the rate of 0.24 cm yr?1 observed at the same tide gauges but for the period from 1980 to 2002, implying the sensitivity to the length of data as a result of the decadal variability. The potential role of the PDO in the interannual and longer-term sea level variability is discussed in terms of regional manifestations such as the ocean temperature and salinity and the Kuroshio transport.
publisherAmerican Meteorological Society
titlePacific Decadal Oscillation and Sea Level Variability in the Bohai, Yellow, and East China Seas
typeJournal Paper
journal volume38
journal issue12
journal titleJournal of Physical Oceanography
identifier doi10.1175/2008JPO3885.1
journal fristpage2772
journal lastpage2783
treeJournal of Physical Oceanography:;2008:;Volume( 038 ):;issue: 012
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