Response of the Mediterranean mean sea level to atmospheric pressure forcing

Geosat Observations of Sea Level Response to Barometric Pressure Forcing

Altimeter and sea level pressure data from the Geosat mission are analyzed for evidence of inverted barometer response of sea level to atmospheric pressure forcing. Estimates of the inverted barometer coeecient are given for a variety of geographic regions and time scales using various orbit error removal strategies. There is some sensitivity to the orbit error removal method, but the estimated...

Investigating the Influence of Anthropogenic Forcing on Observed Mean and Extreme Sea Level Pressure Trends over the Mediterranean Region

We investigate whether the observed mean sea level pressure (SLP) trends over the Mediterranean region in the period from 1975 to 2004 are significantly consistent with what 17 models projected as response of SLP to anthropogenic forcing (greenhouse gases and sulphate aerosols, GS). Obtained results indicate that the observed trends in mean SLP cannot be explained by natural (internal) variabil...

Productivity changes in the Mediterranean Sea for the twenty-first century in response to changes in the regional atmospheric forcing

The Mediterranean Sea is considered as a hotspot for climate change because of its location in the temperate region and because it is a semi-enclosed basin surrounded by highly populated and developed countries. Some expected changes include an increase in air temperature and changes in the periodicity and spatial distribution of rainfall. Alongside, demographic and politics changes will alter ...

Response of the southwestern Japan/East Sea to atmospheric pressure

The response of the southwestern Japan/East Sea (JES) to atmospheric pressure ðPatmÞ and wind-stress ð~tÞ forcing is investigated by analyzing 2-year bottom pressure ðPbotÞ data and coastal tide-gauge records. Coherence analyses between Pbot data reveal that the response of the southwestern JES is nearly uniform at frequencies lower than 0.6 cycles per day (cpd). The Ulleung Basin (UB) average ...

Analysis of the Mean Forcing Fields Simulated by the Two-Level Mintz-Arakawa Atmospheric Model