SECTION 2 OBSERVATIONS AND MODELS
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1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
-20
0
20
CallaoB
lat: 12.05 long: 77.15
R 0.76
pocm 4C
tide gauge
1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
-20
0
20
Santa Cruz
lat: 0.75 long: 90.31
R 0.9
1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
-20
0
20
SSH Anomaly cm
AcapulcoB
lat: 16.84 long: 99.91
R 0.65
1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
-20
0
20
San Diego
lat: 32.72 long: 117.17
R 0.69
1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
-20
0
20
YEAR
San Francisco
lat: 37.81 long: 122.46
R 0.63
Fig. 2.2.3 SSH anomalies in the eastern Pacific Ocean: comparison of tide gauge records (from the Joint Archive
for Sea Level of NODC and University of Hawaii Sea Level Center) to a global model (POCM) simulation spanning
20 years (1979–98), forced with variable wind, heat, and freshwater flux analyses from the ECMWF (Tokmakian,
1998).The time series for both data sets have had a 3-month filter applied for display purposes. Courtesy of
R.Tokmakian.