Anat (21) Aviel Ron (54) Ofer (17) In Memory of Aviel Ron Director General of the Survey of Israel ( ) and his two children-Anat and Ofer Murdered during a terror attack in Haifa
Israeli Coast Sea Level Changes During Boris Shirman Yossi Melzer Survey of Israel
Targets of Sea Level Monitoring in SOI Update the “zero level” value of the geodetic vertical network Determination of long term changes and variation in sea level Maritime Mapping Collecting Data for interdisciplinary research
The Mediterranean Basin and the Israeli Coast
SOI Tide gauge array along the Med. Sea 2002 (Satellite Image)
SOI Tide gauge array along the Med. Sea 2002 Port Of Haifa Tel Aviv Marina Port of Ashdod Ashqelon Marina
Port of Haifa Cooperation between SOI and IPA Radarsensor Kalesto
Port Of Haifa Cooperation between SOI and IPA
Tel Aviv – Marina SOI station-digital float tide gauge
Port of Ashdod Cooperation between SOI and IPA-digital float tide gauge
Ashkelon Marina SOI station-digital float tide gauge
Tide Gauge Calibration
Maintenance Procedure Data Download – Every week Tide Gauge Calibration – Every week Data Processing – Every week Tide Gauge and BM stability – Twice a year Pipe maintenance by diver – Twice a year Annual Report Equipment maintenance-according needs
Types of data used for the study Years Location data source data sampling data source Ashdod Tables Month Avr. IPA Ashdod Tables Hour Avr. IPA Yafo Analog Digitizing SOI Ashdod Analog Digitizing SOI Tel-Aviv Digital 5 min SOI
Comparison Between Tel Aviv data and … Ashdod data Mean: 1 cm
Spectrum Analysis Recorded
Spectrum Analysis Predicted
Comparison between the monthly mean sea level of Yafo and Ashdod The differences corrected to Yafo Datum (remained stable) S.D. of 4 cm (random according to stat. test ) 62-67: -0.2cm 68-83: -4.8cm
Israeli Cost Sea Level Spectrum Analysis FFT Yearly cycle Third year cycle (Meteo. Effect) Half year cycle Multi year cycle~20y Average: +5.9 cm
Israeli Coast Yearly mean sea level
Time serious avereges during a period of 18.6 years
Future Plans To improve accuracy of the digitized data To digitize analog data previous to 1958 To apply advanced models
Summary The research indicates the existence of several periods of sea level cycles: Monthly, Yearly, Multi-Yearly Since 1991 the sea level rose more than 10 cm We must follow the present multi year cycle in order to verify sea level rise along the Israeli coast We are looking to find correlation with other sites at the Mediterranean Sea