The periodicity of storm surges in the Bering Sea from 1898 to 1993, based on newspaper accounts |
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| Authors: | Owen K Mason David K Salmon Stefanie L Ludwig |
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| Institution: | (1) Alaska Quaternary Center, University of Alaska Museum, P.O. Box 756960, 99775-6960 Fairbanks, AK, USA;(2) Prince William Sound Science Center, P.O. Box 705, 99574 Cordova, AK, USA;(3) Institute of Marine Sciences, University of Alaska, 99775 Fairbanks, AK, USA;(4) Geoarch Alaska, P.O. Box 83734, 99708 Fairbanks, AK, USA |
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| Abstract: | Spectral analysis of 96 yr of Bering Sea storm records reported in the Nome News (1899–1903) and Nome Nugget (1901–1993) newspapers indicate regularities in the 11-, 5–7- and 3-yr periods. Statistical tests on the 11-yr period found no statistically significant correlation with sunspot cyclicity despite a tendency toward maximum storminess during low sunspot periods. The 3- and 5–7-yr cycles may correlate with variability in the El Niño Southern Oscillation and easterly shifts in the mean position of North Pacific low pressure anomalies. Storm surges were infrequent from 1916 to 1928 and 1947 to 1959, while the most frequent and intense storms hit during 1900–1913, 1936–1946, 1974–1976 and in 1992. |
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