Geophysical Research Letters · 13 October 2026 · From issue 51

Decadal Sea Level Variability Along the U.S. East Coast: Roles of Extratropical Versus Tropical Climate Modes Over the North Atlantic Ocean

Tropical Atlantic ocean patterns affect U.S. East Coast sea level as much as northern patterns do.

Yingli Zhu, Weiqing Han et al.

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