Monthly Maps of Sea Level Anomalies in the Pacific 1975-1981

Abstract

Sea level data obtained on islands in the tropical and subtropical Pacific Ocean are used to compile maps of the sea level anomaly for each month of the period January 1975 to December 1981. The maps reveal the large horizontal coherence of sea level anomalies with space scales of several thousand kilometers. Coherence scales are larger in the east-west than in the north-south direction. The anomalies are also coherent over many months indicating a dominance of low-frequency variations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA163061

Entities

People

  • Klaus Wyrtki
  • Shikiko Nakahara

Organizations

  • University of HawaiĘ»i System

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Barometric Pressure
  • Computer Programs
  • Data Processing
  • Frequency
  • Galapagos Islands
  • Islands
  • Landforms
  • Measurement
  • New Guinea
  • Oceans
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean Islands
  • Peak Values
  • Philippines
  • Sea Level
  • Topography

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Seismology

Technology Areas

  • Space