Changes in extreme high water levels based on a quasi-global tide-gauge data set

Menendez, Melisa; Woodworth, Philip L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6681-239X. 2010 Changes in extreme high water levels based on a quasi-global tide-gauge data set. Journal of Geophysical Research, 115, C10011. 15, pp. https://doi.org/10.1029/2009jc005997

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Abstract/Summary

A quasi-global sea level data set from tide gauges has been used to investigate extreme sea level events and their spatial and temporal variabilities. Modern methods based on a nonstationary extreme value analysis have been applied to the maxima of the total elevations and surges for the period of 1970 and onward. A subset of the data was used to study changes over the 20th century. The analyses demonstrate the magnitude and timing of the seasonal cycle of extreme sea level occurrence, the magnitude of long-term trends in extreme sea levels, the evidence for perigean and nodal astronomical tidal components in the extremes, and the relationship of the interannual variability in high water levels to other ocean and atmosphere variations as represented by climate indices. The subtraction from the extreme sea levels of the corresponding annual median sea level results in a reduction in the magnitude of trends at most stations, leading to the conclusion that much of the change in the extremes is due to change in the mean values

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1029/2009jc005997
Programmes:	Oceans 2025 > Climate, ocean circulation and sea level
ISSN:	0148-0227
Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.:	Menendez, Melisa Woodworth, Philip L. Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation ; Spanish Ministry of Environment, Rural, and Marine Affairs [CSD2007-00067] Melisa Menendez is indebted to the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation for the funding provided for an extended visit to the Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory. The authors thank John Hunter of the ACE CRC for initiating the GESLA activity and for advice on the present project. The work was partially funded by Project "GRACCIE" (CSD2007-00067, CONSOLIDERINGENIO 2010), and "C3E" from the Spanish Ministry of Environment, Rural, and Marine Affairs. Amer geophysical union Washington
Additional Keywords:	coast variability precipitation statistics model NISCFEB11 AJWFEB11 OPM2010 AR1011 HIJ OVERSEAS CO-AUTHOR REF ISI
NORA Subject Terms:	Marine Sciences
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Date made live:	03 Jun 2011 15:26 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/13944

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

https://doi.org/10.1029/2009jc005997

Programmes:

Oceans 2025 > Climate, ocean circulation and sea level

ISSN:

0148-0227

Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.:

Menendez, Melisa Woodworth, Philip L. Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation ; Spanish Ministry of Environment, Rural, and Marine Affairs [CSD2007-00067] Melisa Menendez is indebted to the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation for the funding provided for an extended visit to the Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory. The authors thank John Hunter of the ACE CRC for initiating the GESLA activity and for advice on the present project. The work was partially funded by Project "GRACCIE" (CSD2007-00067, CONSOLIDERINGENIO 2010), and "C3E" from the Spanish Ministry of Environment, Rural, and Marine Affairs. Amer geophysical union Washington

Additional Keywords:

coast variability precipitation statistics model NISCFEB11 AJWFEB11 OPM2010 AR1011 HIJ OVERSEAS CO-AUTHOR REF ISI

NORA Subject Terms:

Marine Sciences

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