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Decadal variability of European sea level extremes in relation to the solar activity

Martínez-Asensio, Adrián; Tsimplis, Michael N.; Calafat, Francisco M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7474-135X. 2016 Decadal variability of European sea level extremes in relation to the solar activity. Geophysical Research Letters, 43 (22). 11,744-11,750. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL071355

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Abstract/Summary

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.

Item Type: Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI): https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL071355
ISSN: 00948276
Additional Keywords: sea level extremes; decadal climate variability; sunspot cycle; solar activity; East Atlantic pattern; EA index
Date made live: 20 Jan 2017 13:05 +0 (UTC)
URI: https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/515983

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