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Coherent modulation of the sea-level annual cycle in the United States by Atlantic Rossby waves

Overview of attention for article published in Nature Communications, July 2018
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Title
Coherent modulation of the sea-level annual cycle in the United States by Atlantic Rossby waves
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Nature Communications, July 2018
DOI 10.1038/s41467-018-04898-y
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Francisco M. Calafat, Thomas Wahl, Fredrik Lindsten, Joanne Williams, Eleanor Frajka-Williams

Abstract

Changes in the sea-level annual cycle (SLAC) can have profound impacts on coastal areas, including increased flooding risk and ecosystem alteration, yet little is known about the magnitude and drivers of such changes. Here we show, using novel Bayesian methods, that there are significant decadal fluctuations in the amplitude of the SLAC along the United States Gulf and Southeast coasts, including an extreme event in 2008-2009 that is likely (probability ≥68%) unprecedented in the tide-gauge record. Such fluctuations are coherent along the coast but decoupled from deep-ocean changes. Through the use of numerical and analytical ocean models, we show that the primary driver of these fluctuations involves incident Rossby waves that generate fast western-boundary waves. These Rossby waves project onto the basin-wide upper mid-ocean transport (top 1000 m) leading to a link with the SLAC, wherein larger SLAC amplitudes coincide with enhanced transport variability.

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Unknown 62 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 15 24%
Student > Ph. D. Student 14 23%
Professor > Associate Professor 4 6%
Student > Bachelor 3 5%
Student > Master 3 5%
Other 6 10%
Unknown 17 27%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Earth and Planetary Sciences 25 40%
Environmental Science 7 11%
Engineering 4 6%
Computer Science 1 2%
Mathematics 1 2%
Other 2 3%
Unknown 22 35%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 127. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 04 September 2018.
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