Abstract
AbstractMulti-mission satellite altimetry data have been used to study the spatial and temporal variability in global storm surge water levels. This was done by means of a time-dependent extreme value analysis applied to the monthly maximum detided water levels. To account for the limited temporal resolution of the satellite data, the data were first stacked on a $$\varvec{5}^{\varvec{\circ }} \times \varvec{5}^{\varvec{\circ }}$$
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grid. Moreover, additional scaling was applied to the extreme value analysis for which the scaling factors were determined by means of a resampling method using reanalysis data. In addition to the conventional analysis using data from tide gauges, this study provides an insight in the ocean-wide storm surge properties. Nonetheless, where possible, results were compared to similar information derived from tide gauge data. Except for secular changes, the satellite-derived results are comparable to the information derived from tide gauges (correlation $$> \varvec{0.5}$$
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Funder
Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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