A comparison of the annual cycle of sea level in coastal areas from gridded satellite altimetry and tide gauges

Autores
Ruiz Etcheverry, Laura Agustina; Saraceno, Martin; Piola, Alberto Ricardo; Valladeau, G.; Möller, O. O.
Año de publicación
2015
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inglés
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artículo
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versión publicada
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In this work we compare the annual component of sea level variations derived from 478 worldwide- distributed tide gauges with the annual component computed from a weekly gridded multi-mission altimeter product. Gridded altimetry data products allow for spatio-temporal analyses that are not possible based on along-track altimetry data. However, a precise validation is necessary in the coastal region before the gridded data can be used. Results of the comparisons show that root-mean-square differences (RMSD) between the two datasets are r2 cm for 76.4% of the sites. RMSD higher than 4 cm are caused by narrow coastal currents, nearby river outflows or other local phenomena. A methodology is proposed to assess the accuracy of the seasonal component of the gridded altimeter product in regions with a low density net of tide gauges. As a case study it is shown that the Southwestern Atlantic coast is a suitable region to study the spatio-temporal variability of the annual cycle of sea level since RMSD be- tween annual altimetry data and in-situ data are lower than 2.1 cm.
Fil: Ruiz Etcheverry, Laura Agustina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinacion Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la Atmósfera; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Ciencias de la Atmósfera y los Océanos; Argentina
Fil: Saraceno, Martin. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinacion Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la Atmósfera; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Ciencias de la Atmósfera y los Océanos; Argentina. Instituto Franco Argentino para el Estudio del Clima y sus Impactos; Argentina
Fil: Piola, Alberto Ricardo. Ministerio de Defensa. Armada Argentina. Servicio de Hidrografia Naval; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Ciencias de la Atmósfera y los Océanos; Argentina. Instituto Franco Argentino para el Estudio del Clima y sus Impactos; Argentina
Fil: Valladeau, G.. Collecte Localisation Satellites; Francia
Fil: Möller, O. O.. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; Brasil
Materia
Annual Cycle
Altimetry
Coastal Area
Tide Gauges
Sea Level Anomaly
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spelling A comparison of the annual cycle of sea level in coastal areas from gridded satellite altimetry and tide gaugesRuiz Etcheverry, Laura AgustinaSaraceno, MartinPiola, Alberto RicardoValladeau, G.Möller, O. O.Annual CycleAltimetryCoastal AreaTide GaugesSea Level Anomalyhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1In this work we compare the annual component of sea level variations derived from 478 worldwide- distributed tide gauges with the annual component computed from a weekly gridded multi-mission altimeter product. Gridded altimetry data products allow for spatio-temporal analyses that are not possible based on along-track altimetry data. However, a precise validation is necessary in the coastal region before the gridded data can be used. Results of the comparisons show that root-mean-square differences (RMSD) between the two datasets are r2 cm for 76.4% of the sites. RMSD higher than 4 cm are caused by narrow coastal currents, nearby river outflows or other local phenomena. A methodology is proposed to assess the accuracy of the seasonal component of the gridded altimeter product in regions with a low density net of tide gauges. As a case study it is shown that the Southwestern Atlantic coast is a suitable region to study the spatio-temporal variability of the annual cycle of sea level since RMSD be- tween annual altimetry data and in-situ data are lower than 2.1 cm.Fil: Ruiz Etcheverry, Laura Agustina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinacion Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la Atmósfera; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Ciencias de la Atmósfera y los Océanos; ArgentinaFil: Saraceno, Martin. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinacion Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la Atmósfera; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Ciencias de la Atmósfera y los Océanos; Argentina. Instituto Franco Argentino para el Estudio del Clima y sus Impactos; ArgentinaFil: Piola, Alberto Ricardo. Ministerio de Defensa. Armada Argentina. Servicio de Hidrografia Naval; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Ciencias de la Atmósfera y los Océanos; Argentina. Instituto Franco Argentino para el Estudio del Clima y sus Impactos; ArgentinaFil: Valladeau, G.. Collecte Localisation Satellites; FranciaFil: Möller, O. O.. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; BrasilElsevier2015-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/5258Ruiz Etcheverry, Laura Agustina; Saraceno, Martin; Piola, Alberto Ricardo; Valladeau, G.; Möller, O. O.; A comparison of the annual cycle of sea level in coastal areas from gridded satellite altimetry and tide gauges; Elsevier; Continental Shelf Research; 92; 1-2015; 87-970278-4343enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/purl/http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0278434314003173info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.csr.2014.10.006info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-17T10:53:14Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/5258instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-17 10:53:14.785CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv A comparison of the annual cycle of sea level in coastal areas from gridded satellite altimetry and tide gauges
title A comparison of the annual cycle of sea level in coastal areas from gridded satellite altimetry and tide gauges
spellingShingle A comparison of the annual cycle of sea level in coastal areas from gridded satellite altimetry and tide gauges
Ruiz Etcheverry, Laura Agustina
Annual Cycle
Altimetry
Coastal Area
Tide Gauges
Sea Level Anomaly
title_short A comparison of the annual cycle of sea level in coastal areas from gridded satellite altimetry and tide gauges
title_full A comparison of the annual cycle of sea level in coastal areas from gridded satellite altimetry and tide gauges
title_fullStr A comparison of the annual cycle of sea level in coastal areas from gridded satellite altimetry and tide gauges
title_full_unstemmed A comparison of the annual cycle of sea level in coastal areas from gridded satellite altimetry and tide gauges
title_sort A comparison of the annual cycle of sea level in coastal areas from gridded satellite altimetry and tide gauges
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Ruiz Etcheverry, Laura Agustina
Saraceno, Martin
Piola, Alberto Ricardo
Valladeau, G.
Möller, O. O.
author Ruiz Etcheverry, Laura Agustina
author_facet Ruiz Etcheverry, Laura Agustina
Saraceno, Martin
Piola, Alberto Ricardo
Valladeau, G.
Möller, O. O.
author_role author
author2 Saraceno, Martin
Piola, Alberto Ricardo
Valladeau, G.
Möller, O. O.
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Annual Cycle
Altimetry
Coastal Area
Tide Gauges
Sea Level Anomaly
topic Annual Cycle
Altimetry
Coastal Area
Tide Gauges
Sea Level Anomaly
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv In this work we compare the annual component of sea level variations derived from 478 worldwide- distributed tide gauges with the annual component computed from a weekly gridded multi-mission altimeter product. Gridded altimetry data products allow for spatio-temporal analyses that are not possible based on along-track altimetry data. However, a precise validation is necessary in the coastal region before the gridded data can be used. Results of the comparisons show that root-mean-square differences (RMSD) between the two datasets are r2 cm for 76.4% of the sites. RMSD higher than 4 cm are caused by narrow coastal currents, nearby river outflows or other local phenomena. A methodology is proposed to assess the accuracy of the seasonal component of the gridded altimeter product in regions with a low density net of tide gauges. As a case study it is shown that the Southwestern Atlantic coast is a suitable region to study the spatio-temporal variability of the annual cycle of sea level since RMSD be- tween annual altimetry data and in-situ data are lower than 2.1 cm.
Fil: Ruiz Etcheverry, Laura Agustina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinacion Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la Atmósfera; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Ciencias de la Atmósfera y los Océanos; Argentina
Fil: Saraceno, Martin. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinacion Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la Atmósfera; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Ciencias de la Atmósfera y los Océanos; Argentina. Instituto Franco Argentino para el Estudio del Clima y sus Impactos; Argentina
Fil: Piola, Alberto Ricardo. Ministerio de Defensa. Armada Argentina. Servicio de Hidrografia Naval; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Ciencias de la Atmósfera y los Océanos; Argentina. Instituto Franco Argentino para el Estudio del Clima y sus Impactos; Argentina
Fil: Valladeau, G.. Collecte Localisation Satellites; Francia
Fil: Möller, O. O.. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; Brasil
description In this work we compare the annual component of sea level variations derived from 478 worldwide- distributed tide gauges with the annual component computed from a weekly gridded multi-mission altimeter product. Gridded altimetry data products allow for spatio-temporal analyses that are not possible based on along-track altimetry data. However, a precise validation is necessary in the coastal region before the gridded data can be used. Results of the comparisons show that root-mean-square differences (RMSD) between the two datasets are r2 cm for 76.4% of the sites. RMSD higher than 4 cm are caused by narrow coastal currents, nearby river outflows or other local phenomena. A methodology is proposed to assess the accuracy of the seasonal component of the gridded altimeter product in regions with a low density net of tide gauges. As a case study it is shown that the Southwestern Atlantic coast is a suitable region to study the spatio-temporal variability of the annual cycle of sea level since RMSD be- tween annual altimetry data and in-situ data are lower than 2.1 cm.
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