Spectral · How Often High Water Returns

Island

Nest Elevation Threshold

Event Signal (red, panels B–D)

Panel B always shows daily exceedance. The selector changes the red spectrum in C and D.

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Reading the panels

A daily max water level vs. nest threshold; red = overwash.
B water level above threshold, zero otherwise.
C periodogram: power by frequency (cycles/day).
D same spectrum re-expressed as period (1/f). Peaks at the dotted lines mark spring-neap, lunar-month and annual return cycles. Zooming A or B zooms both.

A. Water level time series & overwash extraction

B. Extracted event signal (magnitude & occurrence)

C. Power spectral density (periodogram)

D. Return cycle spectrum (period = 1 / frequency)

— Select an island —

Station—
Threshold—
Record (valid yrs)—
Events / events per yr—
Mean duration—
Median inter-arrival—
ACF return cycle—

Reference return cycles — selected signal

CyclePeak (d)Power÷ AR(1)

Top significant periods — selected signal

#Period (d)÷ AR(1)

Autocorrelation of daily exceedance (inverse FFT of PSD)

All islands — dominant period of daily exceedance

IslandEv/yrPeak (d)ACF (d)