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Sea Level Change in Hong Kong and ENSO

Sea Level Change in Hong Kong and ENSO. DW Zheng 1,2 , XL Ding 1 , YQ Chen 1 , C Huang 2 1 Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China 2 Center for Astrogeodynamics Research Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Shanghai, China.

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Sea Level Change in Hong Kong and ENSO

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  1. Sea Level Change in Hong Kong and ENSO DW Zheng1,2, XL Ding1, YQ Chen1, C Huang 2 1Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China 2 Center for Astrogeodynamics Research Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Shanghai, China

  2. Introduction • This research is to study • Frequency features and long-term tendency in HK sea level change • Effects of atmospheric pressure on HK sea level change • Relationships between interannual sea level change and El Niño and La Niño events • Future sea level change in HK

  3. Introduction(cont …) • Data sets adopted : • Tide gauge records and leveling measurements of the last forty five years • Global and local atmospheric pressure data from NCEP, USA • Southern Oscillation Index (SOI) and Sea Surface Temperature (SST) data in tropical Pacific from NCEP, USA

  4. Tide Gauge Records and Leveling Measurements in HK • Tide gauge records • Over forty five years of data provided by two stations: • North Point (1954.0  1986.0) • Quarry Bay (1986.0  present) • Very good continuity and availability (daily availability: 98%)

  5. North Point

  6. Tide Gauge Records and Leveling Measurements in HK (cont …) • Leveling measurements • Carried out over same periods of time • Varying frequency: from once a few years to 2 - 3 times a year • Estimated ground subsidence at tide gauge stations: 4.2 (0.3) mm/yr and 4.8(0.2) mm/yr, respectively

  7. Frequency Features of Sea Level Change in HK • Frequency features • Stable seasonal and long-term (18.6-year) tidal variations in the monthly mean sea level data • Interannual variations change with time

  8. Frequency Features of Sea Level Change in HK(cont …) • Estimated variations and long-term rate of tendency

  9. Constant = 132.34 1.60 cm Liner rate = 0.19 0.04cm/yr d57 = 13.87 1.32 cm d86= 1.02 1.06 cm/yr Contributions from interannual fluctuations to sea level change are apparent

  10. Effect of Atmospheric Pressure Variations on Sea Level Change • Conventional inverted barometer correction DSL =  g where - density of seawater; g - gravitational acceleration; P - atmospheric pressure variation (P=PPmean) P - local mean atmospheric pressure Pmean - global mean atmospheric pressure

  11. Effect of Atmospheric Pressure Variations on Sea Level Change (cont…) • Estimation of inverted barometer correction

  12. Data of global and local sea surface pressures (Pressure leading for three months for the correlation)

  13. Estimated effect of pressure variation on sea level Solution with IBSolution without IB With solved IB Theoretic IB Period Amplitude Phase Amplitude Phase Amplitude Phase (year) (cm) (year) (cm) (year) (cm) (year) 18.6yr2.070.40 4.200.58 2.070.39 4.200.851.940.40 4.260.63 Annual15.221.230.380.0115.500.39 0.380.01 10.720.40 0.460.01 Semiannual 5.950.40 0.150.0 5.970.390.150.01 5.510.400.140.01 Constant 135.510.80 cm 135.640.57 cm 132.840.58 cm Rate 0.220.02cm/y 0.220.02cm/yr 0.200.02 cm/yr Cp=-0..950.20 (The estimated phases are related to 1958.0) • Atmospheric pressure variations mainly influence the annual sea levelchange and its amplitude is depressed by 30 % • Constant term is 3 cm larger • Linear rate is slightly higher • Estimated Cp= 0.95 which is very close to the theoretical value (0.99)

  14. Interannaul Sea Level Changes and ENSO Events • Interannual sea level changes in HK

  15. Interannaul Sea Level Changes and ENSO Events (cont…) Seven-point moving average of residuals of monthly sea level data (Jan. 1954  Mar. 2001) Interannual sea level changes in Hong Kong are related to El Niño and La Niña events Sea level is dropping during El Niño events Sea level is rising during La Niña events The amplitudes of changes due to ENSO are up to 10 cm

  16. Sea level changes in the Pacific and Indian Oceansmeasured by TOPEX during 1997-98 El Niño and 1998-99 La Niña HK HK (Dong and Huang, 1999)

  17. Interannaul Sea Level Changes and ENSO Events (cont…) • Correlation analysis • In time domain - cross-correlation of interannual sea level changes with SOI and SST • In frequency domain - coherence spectrum of sea level with SOI and SST

  18. (a) (c) (d) (b) (a) and (c) : estimated cross-correlation (b) and (d): squared coherence

  19. Results of analysis: • Positive correlation between SOI and the sea level changes; Phase of SOI is 2 months earlier. • Negative correlation between SST and the sea level changes; Phase of SST is 1 month earlier. • Portions of interannaul frequency band in the squared coherency spectra are significant. • El Niño and La Niña events in the eastern Pacific also influence the sea level changes in the South China Sea (or South Asia). The tropical atmospheric circulation variations may be the main reason.

  20. Sea Level, LOD, AAM and the Next El Niño • The atmosphere, the oceans and the solid earth rotation interact with each other • ENSO are processes of the interactions • The angular momentum conserves

  21. Sea Level, LOD, AAM and the Next El Niño (cont…) • HK interannual sea level changes are highly correlated with the interannual LOD and AAM • The last La Niña has finished and the next El Niño is brewing up

  22. Assessment of Future Sea Level Changes in HK • Obvious rising tendencies in both relative and absolute sea level (RSL and ASL) variations • Extrapolations show 10 and 30 cm further rise by mid of this century

  23. Conclusions and Discussions • Conclusions: • Sea level rise and ground settlement in HK: 1.9 and 4.5 mm/yr • Atmospheric pressure variations depress the amplitude of annual sea level changes by 30 % • Up to 10 cm interannual variations in sea level of HK are related to ENSO events • The next El Niño is brewing up • Future sea level rise could impose a serious problem in HK. By mid of this century, the absolute and relative MSL will rise by 10 and 30 cm, with possible maximum values of 30 and 50 cm.

  24. Conclusions and Discussions (cont…) • Discussions: • Data sets (sea level and relative meteorology) in HK are of good quality • Future research has been planned • The research aims to contribute to sea level studies of the APSG

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