Sea-level variability and surface eddy statistics in the Mediterranean Sea from TOPEX/Poseidon and ERS-1 data

1997 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simona Zoffoli ◽  
Rosalia Santoleri ◽  
Salvatore Marullo ◽  
Daniele Iudicone
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Sea Level Variability ◽  
The Mediterranean

scholarly journals Sea-level variability in the Mediterranean Sea from altimetry and tide gauges

2016 ◽  
Vol 47 (9-10) ◽  
pp. 2851-2866 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Bonaduce ◽  
N. Pinardi ◽  
P. Oddo ◽  
G. Spada ◽  
G. Larnicol
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Tide Gauges ◽  
Sea Level Variability ◽  
The Mediterranean

scholarly journals Sea level variability and surface eddy statistics in the Mediterranean Sea from TOPEX/POSEIDON data

1998 ◽  
Vol 103 (C2) ◽  
pp. 2995-3011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniele Iudicone ◽  
Rosalia Santoleri ◽  
Salvatore Marullo ◽  
Paolo Gerosa
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Sea Level Variability ◽  
The Mediterranean

Sea level variability in the Mediterranean Sea during the 1990s on the basis of two 2d and one 3d model

2009 ◽  
Vol 78 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Tsimplis ◽  
Marta Marcos ◽  
Jeanne Colin ◽  
Samuel Somot ◽  
Ananda Pascual ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
3D Model ◽  
Sea Level Variability ◽  
The Mediterranean

A Near-Uniform Basin-Wide Sea Level Fluctuation of the Mediterranean Sea

2007 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 338-358 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ichiro Fukumori ◽  
Dimitris Menemenlis ◽  
Tong Lee
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Ocean Circulation ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Circulation Model ◽  
Level Fluctuation ◽  
Strait Of Gibraltar ◽  
Sea Level Fluctuation ◽  
The Mediterranean

Abstract A new basin-wide oscillation of the Mediterranean Sea is identified and analyzed using sea level observations from the Ocean Topography Experiment (TOPEX)/Poseidon satellite altimeter and a numerical ocean circulation model. More than 50% of the large-scale, nontidal, and non-pressure-driven variance of sea level can be attributed to this oscillation, which is nearly uniform in phase and amplitude across the entire basin. The oscillation has periods ranging from 10 days to several years and has a magnitude as large as 10 cm. The model suggests that the fluctuations are driven by winds at the Strait of Gibraltar and its neighboring region, including the Alboran Sea and a part of the Atlantic Ocean immediately to the west of the strait. Winds in this region force a net mass flux through the Strait of Gibraltar to which the Mediterranean Sea adjusts almost uniformly across its entire basin with depth-independent pressure perturbations. The wind-driven response can be explained in part by wind setup; a near-stationary balance is established between the along-strait wind in this forcing region and the sea level difference between the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. The amplitude of this basin-wide wind-driven sea level fluctuation is inversely proportional to the setup region’s depth but is insensitive to its width including that of Gibraltar Strait. The wind-driven fluctuation is coherent with atmospheric pressure over the basin and contributes to the apparent deviation of the Mediterranean Sea from an inverse barometer response.

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