Here we use the SAM definition of Marshall (2003; 19) based on the difference in mean
sea level pressure between 40ºS and 65ºS, which is entirely based on observations and fully independent of our inversion.
The effects can also be felt as far away as Antarctica where a «dipole» of
sea level pressure between the Bellinghausen and Weddell Seas is highly correlated to the ENSO phase and can have important effects on sea ice and Antarctic ecology.
A measure of the difference in
sea level pressure between the western (e.g., Darwin, Australia) and central / eastern (e.g., Tahiti) equatorial Pacific, representative of the east - west changes in atmospheric circulation associated with the El Nino / Southern Oscillation phenomenon.
Not exact matches
This
sea level rise is then concentrated to the north or south by the NAO, which is a measure of the atmospheric
pressure difference
between Iceland and the Azores.
Blobfish live at depths of
between 600 and 1,200 meters where the
pressure is several dozen times higher than at
sea level, and they can grow up to 12 inches in length.
For every hurricane in the North Atlantic Basin
between 1997 and 2013, they pulled information such as mean
sea -
level pressure and temperature as well as vertical temperature and humidity profiles, and entered it into a thermodynamic hurricane model that treats each storm as a gigantic heat engine.
The
sea level pressure of the North Pacific causes the difference
between the PDO and ENSO.
The exact relationship
between sea levels and atmospheric
pressures is still being debated, e.g., Mather et al., 2009 (Abstract; Google Scholar access), but it may be significant.
Indeed, Heyen et al., 1996 (Open access) found a strong correlation
between atmospheric
pressure and winter
sea levels in the Baltic Sea, and Bergant et al., 2005 (Open access) found strong correlations between monthly sea levels and atmospheric pressures along the Adriatic coast, particularly in the wint
sea levels in the Baltic
Sea, and Bergant et al., 2005 (Open access) found strong correlations between monthly sea levels and atmospheric pressures along the Adriatic coast, particularly in the wint
Sea, and Bergant et al., 2005 (Open access) found strong correlations
between monthly
sea levels and atmospheric pressures along the Adriatic coast, particularly in the wint
sea levels and atmospheric
pressures along the Adriatic coast, particularly in the winter.
Relationship
Between Sea Level and Bottom
Pressure on Climate Scales — Implications for Assessing Heat Content and Deep Variability
Christopher G. Piecuch; Katherine J. Quinn; Rui M. Ponte (2012) Relationship
Between Sea Level and Bottom
Pressure on Climate Scales — Implications for Assessing Heat Content and Deep Variability.
Knowledge of the relationship
between bottom
pressure pb and
sea level ζ is important for understanding ocean circulation and climate.
There may however be a more direct link
between solar UV and the Southern Annular Mode (SAM)-- an index of
sea level pressure in the Antarctic.
In general, indices of the annular modes are based on either 1) the leading principal component (PC) time series of gridded geopotential height anomalies at a given
pressure level or 2) approximations of the leading PC time series of geopotential height anomalies using differences
between sea level pressure anomalies at stations in middle and high latitudes.
Since ENSO is a coupled ocean - atmosphere process, I have presented its impact on and the inter-relationships
between numerous variables, including
sea surface temperature,
sea level, ocean currents, ocean heat content, depth - averaged temperature, warm water volume,
sea level pressure, cloud amount, precipitation, the strength and direction of the trade winds, etc..
The pair reported finding a «strong» correlation
between sea -
level pressures, or wind speeds, and
sea - surface temperatures.
The climate shift of 1978 manifests as a strong lift in 200hPa temperature globally with the most extreme change at about 30 ° of latitude in both hemispheres, a pronounced fall in
sea level pressure in the south East Pacific, a jump in
sea surface temperature in the tropics, the transition
between solar cycle 20 and 21 and a hike in the aa index of geomagnetic activity that has slowly sunk along with 200hpa temperature from that time forward.
ii) ice - 605 cover associated
sea -
level -
pressure changes that reorganize winds and thereby direction of freshwater and
sea ice export
between the Arctic Basin and marginal
seas;
The polar front changes largely in response to
sea level pressure difference
between the pole and the sub-Antarctic — as measured by the Southern Annular Mode (SAM) index.
Though there can be significant differences in regional surface impacts
between one SSW event and another, the typical pattern includes changes in
sea level pressure resembling the negative phase of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) / Arctic Oscillation (AO), (representing a southward shift in the Atlantic storm track), wetter than average conditions for much of Europe, cold air outbreaks throughout the mid-latitudes, and warmer than average conditions in eastern Canada and subtropical Asia (see figure below, left panel).
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A balance develops
between the Coriolis force and the force arising from the horizontal water
pressure gradient such that surface currents flow parallel to the contours of elevation of
sea level.
Previous theoretical and model - based studies of the relationship
between ocean bottom
pressure (pb) and
sea level (ζ) suggest primarily barotropic variability at mid to high latitudes for scales greater than a few hundred kilometers and periods less than a few months.
These metrics emphasise fields
between 30S and 30N including 2 m air temperature (Willmott and Matsuura 2000), vertically averaged air temperature (ERA40, Uppala et al. 2005), latent heat fluxes of the ocean (Yu et al. 2008), zonal winds at 300 mb (ERA40, Uppala et al. 2005), longwave and shortwave cloud forcing (CERES2, Loeb et al. 2009), precipitation over land and ocean (GPCP, Adler et al. 2003),
sea level pressure (ERA40, Uppala et al. 2005), vertically averaged relative humidity (ERA40, Uppala et al. 2005).
It reverts to the mean because the SOI is simply the difference
between the
sea -
level barometric
pressures at two remotely located positions in the south pacific..
Webster,» The absolute
pressure is 1 atm at
sea level, and the differences
between two locations will oscillate around zero over time.»
We use the 9 climate variables of surface air temperature (SAT),
sea level pressure (SLP), precipitation (rain), the top of atmosphere (TOA) shortwave (SW) and longwave (LW) full - sky radiation, clear - sky radiation (CLR, radiative flux where clouds do not exists), and cloud radiative forcing (CRF, radiative effect by clouds diagnosed from the difference
between full - sky and clear - sky radiation, Cess et al. 1990).
I've also never seen a paper (haven't looked for one, truth be told) about the relationship
between the magnetic field and
sea level pressure.