a)                                                                     b)                                

Guam graphSaipan graph

c)                                                                     d)                                

Palau graphYap graph

e)                                                                     f)                                 

Kwajalein graphPago Pago graph  

Figure 2. Average annual cycle of sea level for five stations.  Solid line denotes monthly anomalies in mm from long term mean (1948-2003) for each individual station; dashed line denotes first harmonic and corresponding locations.  Values in parentheses (%) are variances explained by the first harmonics of sea level.