@article{fdi:010057180,
  title = {{W}ave-driven sea level anomalies at the {M}idway tide gauge as an index of {N}orth {P}acific storminess over the past 60 years},
  author = {{A}ucan, {J}er{\^o}me and {H}oeke, {R}. and {M}errifield, {M}. {A}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{S}ixty years of sea-level data collected in the interior lagoon of {M}idway {A}toll in the northern {H}awaiian {I}slands are used to examine short-term (<2 days), high amplitude (up to 1 m) sea level anomaly ({SLA}) events that occur during the winter months. {A} combination of wind and wave model hindcasts, satellite altimetry product and in-situ water level data confirms that these high {SLA} events are driven primarily by the arrival of energetic swell waves generated by storms in the {N}orth {P}acific as breaking waves on the northwest side of the atoll lead to the setup of the lagoon. {T}he number of high {SLA} events recorded in {M}idway during each winter season correlates well with the storminess in the {C}entral {N}orth {P}acific, defined as the mean seasonal wave height. {T}his leads us to conclude that the seasonal number of high {SLA} events measured at this specific tide gauge in {M}idway can be used as an index of storminess in the {C}entral {N}orth {P}acific over climatic time-scales. {O}ur {M}idway-based index of storminess correlates well with the {P}acific {D}ecadal {O}scillation ({PDO}) index, and its observed increase over the past 60 years is attributed to variability associated with the {PDO} rather than a long-term trend.},
  keywords = {{PACIFIQUE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{G}eophysical {R}esearch {L}etters},
  volume = {39},
  numero = {},
  pages = {{L}17603},
  ISSN = {0094-8276},
  year = {2012},
  DOI = {10.1029/2012gl052993},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010057180},
}