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Annual and semi-annual variations of sea level at Jeddah, central coastal station of the Red Sea

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Title Annual and semi-annual variations of sea level at Jeddah, central coastal station of the Red Sea
 
Creator Sultan, S A R
Ahmad, F
 
Description 201-205
Analysis of monthly means of sea level
averaged over a period of three years (1991-1993) at Jeddah reveals the
presence of a semi-annual component in addition to the annual one. The variance
explained by the two components are 20 % and 78% respectively. Their respective
amplitudes are 8.7 and 17.3 cm. The two cycles are induced by the combined
effect of wind stress and evaporation rate. The cross-shore stress is the most
contributing factor to the annual variation of the sea level. In contrast the
long-shore stress is the dominant factor in inducing the semi-annual cycle. The
evaporation contributes

more to the semi-annual
component of the sea level than to the annual one.
 
Date 2014-01-13T05:36:09Z
2014-01-13T05:36:09Z
2000-09
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1033 (Online); 0379-5136 (Print)
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/25521
 
Language en_US
 
Rights CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India
 
Publisher NISCAIR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJMS Vol.29(3) [September 2000]