'Middle ground' of sea-level change: 'Intra-seasonal' variability impacts forecasting and ecosystems
Tuesday, November 27, 2012 - 12:02
in Earth & Climate
The effects of storm surge and sea-level rise have become topics of everyday conversation in the days and weeks following Hurricane Sandy's catastrophic landfall along the mid-Atlantic coast. Researchers are throwing light on another, less-familiar component of sea-level variability -- the "intra-seasonal" changes that occupy the middle ground between rapid, storm-related surges in sea level and the long-term increase in sea level due to global climate change.