Influence of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation on regional sea level rise in the Pacific Ocean from 1993 to 2012

Zongshang Si; Yongsheng Xu

doi:10.1007/s00343-014-3363-4

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Influence of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation on regional sea level rise in the Pacific Ocean from 1993 to 2012

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- Influence of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation on regional sea level rise in the Pacific Ocean from 1993 to 2012
- Journal of Oceanology and Limnology Vol. 32, Issue 6, Pages: 1414-1420(2014)
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  Key Laboratory of Ocean Circulation and Waves Institute of Oceanology Chinese Academy of Sciences
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- DOI：10.1007/s00343-014-3363-4
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- Online First：07 August 2014，
  
  Published：2014
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Si, Z., Xu, Y. Influence of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation on regional sea level rise in the Pacific Ocean from 1993 to 2012., Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 32, 1414–1420 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00343-014-3363-4
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Si, Z., Xu, Y. Influence of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation on regional sea level rise in the Pacific Ocean from 1993 to 2012., Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 32, 1414–1420 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00343-014-3363-4 DOI：

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Abstract

The rate of regional sea level rise (SLR) provides important information about the impact of human activities on climate change. However

accurate estimation of regional SLR can be severely affected by sea surface height (SSH) change caused by the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO-SSH). Here

the PDO-SSH signal is extracted from satellite altimeter data by multi-variable linear regression

and regional SLR in the altimeter era is calculated

before and after removing that signal. The results show that PDO-SSH trends are rising in the western Pacific and falling in the eastern Pacific

with the strongest signal confined to the tropical and North Pacific. Over the past 20 years

the PDO-SSH accounts for about 30%–40% of altimeter-observed SLR in the regions 8°–15°N

130°–160°E and 30°–40°N

170°–220°E. Along the coast of North America

the PDO-SSH signal dramatically offsets the coastal SLR

as the sea level trends change sign from falling to rising.

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