Open AccessLong‐period variations of sea‐level in Australasia
Author(s) -
Pariwono J. I.,
Bye J. A. T.,
Len G. W.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
geophysical journal of the royal astronomical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.302
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1365-246X
pISSN - 0016-8009
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-246x.1986.tb04545.x
Subject(s) - teleconnection , period (music) , climatology , oceanography , monsoon , geology , sea level , wind stress , el niño southern oscillation , physics , acoustics
Summary. The ability of the Australian sea‐level monitoring network is assessed in the investigation of long‐period sea‐level signals. Through the character of coastal long waves, seasonal variations in level and inter‐annual level anomalies, the importance of the south coast of the Continent is identified as a coherent indicator of large‐scale marine and atmospheric teleconnections. The source of the sea‐level signal is investigated by the tracing of progressive features, by the numerical modelling of wind stress over the Southern Ocean, by the modelling of the effect of monsoonal rains over the Indian Ocean and the mass transport through the Indonesian Strait. These features are related to the ENSO cycle which for the first time is linked, inter alia , with Southern Ocean mechanisms.