Ocean Wave Heights Rising Along East Coast

[Saguaro]

Ocean wave heights along the U.S. East Coast have progressively increased during the summer months-when hurricanes are most important to wave generation, a new study shows.

The study, detailed in a recent issue of the Journal of Coastal Research, analyzed measurements taken from three ocean buoys National Data Buoy Center located along the central U.S. Atlantic shore and one buoy in the Gulf of Mexico since the 1970s.

Initially, they had intended to study whether there had been increasing wave heights generated by nor'easters but found no significant change. Summer data, however, showed a different picture.

Significant wave heights measured during the hurricane season (which runs from June 1 to November 30) show that the most extreme occurrences during the 1996 to 2005 decade were both higher and more common than those of 30 years ago, having increased from about 23 feet (7 meters) to higher than 33 feet (10 meters). Hurricane season peaks in late August to early September.

The waves recorded by the buoys depended on the annual numbers of hurricanes that followed tracks northward into the central Atlantic, how close their tracks approached the buoys, and the intensities of those hurricanes.

Examinations of the storms that have occurred since 1980 indicate that the primary explanation for the progressive increase in wave heights has been an intensification of the hurricanes, factoring in an increased numbers of storms.

Several studies have linked the recent intensification of hurricanes to global warming.

Whatever the cause of the increased wave heights is, the researchers say that still-greater hazards to communities along the coasts in the study will continue

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080318/sc_livescience/oceanwaveheightsrisingalongeastcoast;_ylt=AoODQdXk xbFJuURygXHjC.Cs0NUE

[Capitalist]

Ocean wave heights along the U.S. East Coast have progressively increased during the summer months-when hurricanes are most important to wave generation, a new study shows.

The study, detailed in a recent issue of the Journal of Coastal Research, analyzed measurements taken from three ocean buoys National Data Buoy Center located along the central U.S. Atlantic shore and one buoy in the Gulf of Mexico since the 1970s.

Initially, they had intended to study whether there had been increasing wave heights generated by nor'easters but found no significant change. Summer data, however, showed a different picture.

Significant wave heights measured during the hurricane season (which runs from June 1 to November 30) show that the most extreme occurrences during the 1996 to 2005 decade were both higher and more common than those of 30 years ago, having increased from about 23 feet (7 meters) to higher than 33 feet (10 meters). Hurricane season peaks in late August to early September.

The waves recorded by the buoys depended on the annual numbers of hurricanes that followed tracks northward into the central Atlantic, how close their tracks approached the buoys, and the intensities of those hurricanes.

Examinations of the storms that have occurred since 1980 indicate that the primary explanation for the progressive increase in wave heights has been an intensification of the hurricanes, factoring in an increased numbers of storms.

Several studies have linked the recent intensification of hurricanes to global warming.

Whatever the cause of the increased wave heights is, the researchers say that still-greater hazards to communities along the coasts in the study will continue

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080318/sc_livescience/oceanwaveheightsrisingalongeastcoast;_ylt=AoODQdXk xbFJuURygXHjC.Cs0NUE


I want a link to any such bullshit study.

I knew that is where that crap was going.

[Ringo]

Ocean wave heights along the U.S. East Coast have progressively increased during the summer months-when hurricanes are most important to wave generation, a new study shows.

The study, detailed in a recent issue of the Journal of Coastal Research, analyzed measurements taken from three ocean buoys National Data Buoy Center located along the central U.S. Atlantic shore and one buoy in the Gulf of Mexico since the 1970s.

Initially, they had intended to study whether there had been increasing wave heights generated by nor'easters but found no significant change. Summer data, however, showed a different picture.

Significant wave heights measured during the hurricane season (which runs from June 1 to November 30) show that the most extreme occurrences during the 1996 to 2005 decade were both higher and more common than those of 30 years ago, having increased from about 23 feet (7 meters) to higher than 33 feet (10 meters). Hurricane season peaks in late August to early September.

The waves recorded by the buoys depended on the annual numbers of hurricanes that followed tracks northward into the central Atlantic, how close their tracks approached the buoys, and the intensities of those hurricanes.

Examinations of the storms that have occurred since 1980 indicate that the primary explanation for the progressive increase in wave heights has been an intensification of the hurricanes, factoring in an increased numbers of storms.

Several studies have linked the recent intensification of hurricanes to global warming.

Whatever the cause of the increased wave heights is, the researchers say that still-greater hazards to communities along the coasts in the study will continue

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080318/sc_livescience/oceanwaveheightsrisingalongeastcoast;_ylt=AoODQdXk xbFJuURygXHjC.Cs0NUE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nsqa_g0PS0E

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5hFg9YjsdE

Wow think of the possibilities of MIDNIGHT SURFING for POOR Blacks in Harlem Sag???

[Trueblue]

Reality has a well-known liberal bias. :lol

Here's the Journal's home page:

http://www.jcronline.org/perlserv/?request=index-html

I doubt that the study is available online.

Do you really believe that this Journal is a part of a conspiracy to fake the height waves of the ocean?

[Ringo]

Reality has a well-known liberal bias. :lol

Here's the Journal's home page:

http://www.jcronline.org/perlserv/?request=index-html

I doubt that the study is available online.

Do you really believe that this Journal is a part of a conspiracy to fake the height waves of the ocean?

Well these guys disagree with YOU and Fat Al TB, but they are your fellow Tennesseeans, maybe your Uncle or something??

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvrIKrK1Xso&feature=user

[Trueblue]

Well these guys disagree with YOU and Fat Al TB, but they are your fellow Tennesseeans, maybe your Uncle or something??

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvrIKrK1Xso&feature=user

My uncles live in Texas. :)

[Wabash]

I want a link to any such bullshit study.

I knew that is where that crap was going.

Ocean wave heights along the U.S. East Coast have progressively increased during the summer months-when hurricanes are most important to wave generation, a new study shows.

The study, detailed in a recent issue of the Journal of Coastal Research, analyzed measurements taken from three ocean buoys National Data Buoy Center located along the central U.S. Atlantic shore and one buoy in the Gulf of Mexico since the 1970s.

Initially, they had intended to study whether there had been increasing wave heights generated by nor'easters but found no significant change. Summer data, however, showed a different picture.

Significant wave heights measured during the hurricane season (which runs from June 1 to November 30) show that the most extreme occurrences during the 1996 to 2005 decade were both higher and more common than those of 30 years ago, having increased from about 23 feet (7 meters) to higher than 33 feet (10 meters). Hurricane season peaks in late August to early September.

The waves recorded by the buoys depended on the annual numbers of hurricanes that followed tracks northward into the central Atlantic, how close their tracks approached the buoys, and the intensities of those hurricanes.

Examinations of the storms that have occurred since 1980 indicate that the primary explanation for the progressive increase in wave heights has been an intensification of the hurricanes, factoring in an increased numbers of storms.

Several studies have linked the recent intensification of hurricanes to global warming.

Whatever the cause of the increased wave heights is, the researchers say that still-greater hazards to communities along the coasts in the study will continue

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080318/sc_livescience/oceanwaveheightsrisingalongeastcoast;_ylt=AoODQdXk xbFJuURygXHjC.Cs0NUE

Reality has a well-known liberal bias. :lol

Here's the Journal's home page:

http://www.jcronline.org/perlserv/?request=index-html

I doubt that the study is available online.

Do you really believe that this Journal is a part of a conspiracy to fake the height waves of the ocean?

Haaaaaaaaaaaaaa! The libs say that W uses scare tactics of terrorism....I say the Libs use scare tactics of Global proportions to.....try and scare everyone...:LL
Do I think this story has errors? Maybe, but i want to see the studies.....even then there may be errors... Nothing is what it seems...follow the money...

[Trueblue]

Haaaaaaaaaaaaaa! The libs say that W uses scare tactics of terrorism....I say the Libs use scare tactics of Global proportions to.....try and scare everyone...:LL
Do I think this story has errors? Maybe, but i want to see the studies.....even then there may be errors... Nothing is what it seems...follow the money...

We are following the money. Money from the gas and oil companies.