Long-Term Variability and Trends in the Caribbean Sea

Figure 3

Rate of change per year for (a) sea surface height (m/yr) and (b) wind stress (N m⁻²/yr). (c) Smoothed standardized SSH time scores with Puerto Rico gauge (triangle in (a)) and trend. (d) Smoothed standardized wind stress time scores and trend. 𝑌-axis is standardized departures in (c) and (d).

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