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- Title
Relationship of extreme wave climate with long-term patterns in the North Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea.
- Authors
Morales-Márquez, Verónica; Orfila, Alejandro; Marcos, Marta; Simarro, Gonzalo
- Abstract
The seasonal, interannual and spatial variability of the extreme wave climate in theNorth Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea are investigated using the data ofWAVEWATCH III wave model, available from the National Oceanic and AtmosphericAdministration (NOAA). It provides suitable coverage for the period from 1979 to 2009(31 years). The seasonality describes around the 50% of the extreme significantwave heigh variance in the North Atlantic Ocean and about the 85% in the centralMediterranean Sea. The interannual variability is analyzed through the quantificationof the climate patterns contribution thanks to the study of the relation betweenextreme wave and different climate indexes, defined as variations in the atmosphereand ocean systems. The chosen indexes because of its regional scale are the NorthAtlantic Oscillation (NAO), the East Atlantic (EA), the East Atlantic/Western Russian(EA/WR) and the Scandinavia (SCAND) patterns. Results present a high influence ofNAO and SCAND on the North Atlantic Ocean during winters and of EA, and witha lesser degree of NAO, during summers. While the negative phases of EA andEA/WR dominates the Mediterranean Sea during winters and summers respectively.
- Subjects
SCANDINAVIA; ROGUE waves; OCEAN; CLIMATOLOGY; SEAS
- Publication
Geophysical Research Abstracts, 2019, Vol 21, p1
- ISSN
1029-7006
- Publication type
Article