Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=51406#.VGlTlGfHRK0 Author(s) Shouwen Zhang 1,2 , Ling Du 1* , Hui Wang 2 , Hua Jiang 2 Affiliation(s) 1 Department of Oceanography, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China . 2 National Marine Environmental Forecasting Center, State Oceanic Administration, Beijing, China . ABSTRACT Interannual sea level variation is investigated with the oceanic and atmospheric datasets in the East China Sea (ECS). Two modes are distinct on the interannual timescale, illustrated as the basin mode and the dipole mode. They account for 20% and 18% to the total interannual sea level variance respectively. The basin mode corresponds to the variability ...
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