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a) Investigation area with tide gauge locations and sea surface height (SSH) anomalies from Altimetry. b) Monthly de-seasonalized time series (grey) of local MSL (GIA corrected). The thick lines represent the 12 months low pass filtered component. The different colors mark sub-regions used for the calculation of regional indices.
Composite plot showing wind and pressure condi-tions (right) during times of particularly high (>2*stdv) minus particularly low (<2*stdv) monthly MSL events (left). The plots are given for four regional indices (averages).
Coherence of decadal (48 months low pass filtered) sea level (black: obser-ved, blue: atmospheri-cally corrected) in the North Sea (a). Also shown (b) is the steric height obtained from hydrographic obser-vations near Sognes-joen in the Norwegian Trench (referenced down to 700m).
a) Explained variability of barotropic atmospheric forcing esti-mated with a stepwise multiple linear regression model (LRM; grey bars). The colored dots mark the contribution given by each predictor alone. Only predictors explaining a significant fraction of variability are shown (95% confidence level). b) Stdv. of the observed (black) and atmospherically corrected (red) monthly MSL time series. The dashed lines with the shaded areas mark the mean and stdv. over all stations.
a) Average wind and pressure conditions over the period 1945-2011. b) Correlation between the low pass filtered (48 months) and atmospherically corrected North Sea index (NSI) and SSH from Altime-try, and c) the steric height for the upper 200m.
Reconstruction of decadal MSL variability in the North Sea based on barotropically corrected Newlyin (NEW) and steric sea level west of the UK. NEW is used as a proxy for boundary wave forcing along the conti-nental slope of the North Atlantic [Calafat et al., 2012].
Model performance of MICOM. Shown is a comparison between the NSI from coastal tide gauges and the sea surface height (SSH) from the closest grid points in MICOM. The comparison sug-gests that MICOM reproduces the majority of coastal MSL in the North Sea (81%).
Wavelet coher-ence between (top) the NSI and eastern boun-dary longshore winds (LSW, integrated from the equator north-wards), b) NEW MSL and LSW, and c) the NSI and NEW. The results suggest that winds play an important role in forcing decadal sea level along the eastern boundary of the North Atlantic. However, travelling further north-wards, the signal seems to be increasingly distur-bed by topography.
Schematic of eastern boundary wind forcing and the respective changes in coastal sea level.
Correlations between the low pass filtered NSI (48 months) from MICOM and each grid point time series calculated for the a) SSH, b) ocean bottom pressure (OBP), and c) steric height. The correlation analysis suggests a coherent OBP signal extending from the west coast of Africa along the continental slope into the Arctic ocean.
Warm Water
Cold Water
Slope
Southward Winds
Mass Transport
Warm Water
Cold Water
Slope
Northward Winds
Mass Transport
Explained Variability [%]
OostendeVlissingenHoek van HollandIJmuidenDen HelderWest−TerschellingDelfzijlNorderneyCuxhavenHelgolandHörnumEsbjergHanstholmHirtshalsTregdeStavangerBergenLerwickWickAberdeenNorth ShieldsLowestoft
a)
SLPU−WindV−WindBar. LRM
20 40 60 80Standard Deviation [cm]
b)
observedcorrected
2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16
Time [yr]
MSL
[cm
]
Individual Gauges [atmospherically corrected]North Sea Index [atmospherically corrected]Newlyn [IB corrected]: R² = 0.70Newlyn [IB corrected] + steric West−UK: R² = 0.79
1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020−10
−8
−6
−4
−2
0
2
4
6
8
10
MSL
[cm
]
Model Performance
MSL Tide GaugeMSL MICOM (r=0.9; VARexp = 81%)
Time [yr]1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000
−40
−20
0
20
40
SSHa)
OBPb)
Corre
latio
n[−
]
−1
−0.8
−0.6
−0.4
−0.2
0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1Steric
c)
Time [yr]
1) Oostende[1.97±0.13]
2) Vlissingen[1.69±0.07]
3) Hoek van Holland[2.29±0.06]
4) IJmuiden[1.44±0.08]
5) Den Helder[1.17±0.06]
6) West−Terschelling[0.6±0.14]
7) Delfzijl[1.41±0.08]
8) Norderney[1.84±0.12]
9) Cuxhaven[1.99±0.1]
10) Helgoland[1.29±0.37]
11) Hörnum[1.63±0.28]
1800 1850 1900 1950 2000Time [yr]
12) Esbjerg[0.69±0.13]
13) Hanstholm[3.01±0.52]
14) Hirtshals[1.15±0.11]
15) Tregde[1.29±0.1]
16) Stavanger[1.77±0.12]
17) Bergen[1.37±0.12]
18) Lerwick[0.98±0.23]
19) Wick[1.92±0.32]
20) Aberdeen[1.67±0.05]
21) North Shields[2.26±0.08]
22) Lowestoft[2.06±0.22]
1800 1850 1900 1950 2000
b)
70cm
1 23
456
7 8 910 11
12
131415
16
1718
19
20
21
22
23
24 PSMSL North SeaPSMSL North AtlanticAMSeL German Bight
1) Oostende2) Vlissingen3) Hoek van Holland4) IJmuiden5) Den Helder6) West−Terschelling7) Delfzijl8) Norderney9) Cuxhaven10) Helgoland11) Hörnum12) Esbjerg13) Hanstholm14) Hirtshals15) Tregde16) Stavanger17) Bergen18) Lerwick19) Wick20) Aberdeen21) North Shields22) Lowestoft23) Brest24) Newlyn
−10
−5
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
MSL
A[c
m]
a)SLP [hPa]
1005
1010
1015
1020
Average wind and pressure pattern
Corr
elat
ion
[-]
−0.6
−0.4
−0.2
0
0.2
0.4
0.6
NSI vs. SSH
−0.6
−0.4
−0.2
0
0.2
0.4
0.6
NSI vs. Steric
Corr
elat
ion
[-]
a)
b)
c)
Mean Wind Stress:0.05 N/m2
MSL
[cm
]
Region 1 (Station 1−6)
−40
−20
0
20
40
SLP
[hPa
]
−20−15−10−50510
MSL
[cm
]
Region 2 (Station 7−14)
−40
−20
0
20
40
SLP
[hPa
]
−20−15−10−50510
MSL
[cm
]
Region 3 (Station 15−17)
−40
−20
0
20
40
SLP
[hPa
]
−20−15−10−50510
Time [yr]
MSL
[cm
]
Region 4 (Station 18−22)
1880 1920 1960 2000
−40
−20
0
20
40
SLP
[hPa
]
−20−15−10−50510
0.4 N/m2
−202
NA
O[−
]
−303
0.250.5
1248
1632
0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1
−303
MSL
[cm
]Pe
riod
[yr]
0.250.5
1248
1632
0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1
−303
Time [yr]1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000
0.250.5
1248
1632
0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1
MSL
[cm
]
IJmuiden
Delfzijl
Esbjerg
Stavanger
Aberdeen
a)
ObservedAtmospherically correctedSteric height SognesjoenNorth Sea Index
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
MSL
[cm
]
Time [yr]
b)
r = 0.66r = 0.68r = 0.57
1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010−5
−3
−1
1
3
5