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Quantifying the impact of basin dynamics on the regional sea level rise in the Black Sea
Arseny A. Kubryakov
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Federal State Budget Scientific Institution “Marine Hydrophysical
Institute of RAS”, Sevastopol, Russia
Institute of Earth Sciences, Saint Petersburg State University, St.
Petersburg, Russia
Sergey V. Stanichny
Federal State Budget Scientific Institution “Marine Hydrophysical
Institute of RAS”, Sevastopol, Russia
Denis L. Volkov
Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies, University
of Miami, Miami, FL, USA
NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, Miami, FL,
USA
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The Black Sea dynamics impact on the local sea level rise. In recent decades, the increase of the wind curl induced the intensification of the cyclonic circulation and divergence in the basin center. As a result, the sea level rise in the coastal areas is 1.5–2 times higher than in the basin center. Additional heterogeneity of sea level trends is related to the changes of the mesoscale dynamics. The large-scale dynamic sea level and its rise can be estimated using atmospheric reanalysis data.
The Black Sea dynamics impact on the local sea level rise. In recent decades, the increase of...
