Decadal variability of European sea level extremes in relation to the solar activity
Decadal variability of European sea level extremes in relation to the solar activity
This study investigates the relationship between decadal changes in solar activity and sea level extremes along the European coasts and derived from tide gauge data. Autumn sea level extremes vary with the 11 year solar cycle at Venice as suggested by previous studies, but a similar link is also found at Trieste. In addition, a solar signal in winter sea level extremes is also found at Venice, Trieste, Marseille, Ceuta, Brest, and Newlyn. The influence of the solar cycle is also evident in the sea level extremes derived from a barotropic model with spatial patterns that are consistent with the correlations obtained at the tide gauges. This agreement indicates that the link to the solar cycle is through modulation of the atmospheric forcing. The only atmospheric regional pattern that showed variability at the 11 year period was the East Atlantic pattern.
sea level extremes, decadal climate variability, sunspot cycle, solar activity, East Atlantic pattern, EA index
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Martinez-Asensio, Adrián
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Tsimplis, Michael N.
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Calafat, Francisco Mir
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28 November 2016
Martinez-Asensio, Adrián
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Tsimplis, Michael N.
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Calafat, Francisco Mir
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Martinez-Asensio, Adrián, Tsimplis, Michael N. and Calafat, Francisco Mir
(2016)
Decadal variability of European sea level extremes in relation to the solar activity.
Geophysical Research Letters, 43 (22), .
(doi:10.1002/2016GL071355).
Abstract
This study investigates the relationship between decadal changes in solar activity and sea level extremes along the European coasts and derived from tide gauge data. Autumn sea level extremes vary with the 11 year solar cycle at Venice as suggested by previous studies, but a similar link is also found at Trieste. In addition, a solar signal in winter sea level extremes is also found at Venice, Trieste, Marseille, Ceuta, Brest, and Newlyn. The influence of the solar cycle is also evident in the sea level extremes derived from a barotropic model with spatial patterns that are consistent with the correlations obtained at the tide gauges. This agreement indicates that the link to the solar cycle is through modulation of the atmospheric forcing. The only atmospheric regional pattern that showed variability at the 11 year period was the East Atlantic pattern.
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Accepted/In Press date: 22 October 2016
e-pub ahead of print date: 19 November 2016
Published date: 28 November 2016
Keywords:
sea level extremes, decadal climate variability, sunspot cycle, solar activity, East Atlantic pattern, EA index
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Physical Oceanography, Marine Physics and Ocean Climate
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Local EPrints ID: 404972
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/404972
ISSN: 0094-8276
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Adrián Martinez-Asensio
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Michael N. Tsimplis
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Francisco Mir Calafat
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