Saturday, May 06, 2017

Sea Level and ENSO

I was looking around on Aviso's sea level FTP page, and came across this interesting graph, showing how sea level correlates with ENSOs.


MEI = Multivariate ENSO Index
MSL = Mean sea level. "Detrended" means the difference from the linear trend.

Added 5/7: Here's another one, right on the top page of the CU Sea Level page:


1 comment:

@whut said...

Partly the inverted barometer effect. But there are other factors at work:
http://contextearth.com/2017/05/10/enso-and-tidal-slh-a-biennial-connection/

Becoming clear that ENSO is driven by a linisolar forcing mechanism and one that has been consistent over the last 400 years.
http://contextearth.com/2017/05/12/enso-proxy-validation/

Fresh meat for a science journalist that wants a scoop.