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GMSL Rates

CU: 3.4 ± 0.4 mm/yr
AVISO: 3.3 ± 0.5 mm/yr
CSIRO: 3.3 ± 0.4 mm/yr
NASA GSFC: 3.4 ± 0.4 mm/yr
NOAA: 3.2 ± 0.4 mm/yr (w/ GIA)
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Frequent Questions

  • What is the format of the dates in the GMSL time series?
  • What determines the x-intercept (i.e., "zero-crossing" or "base year") of the GMSL plots?
  • Is sedimentation in the oceans accounted for in the GMSL estimate?
  • How often are the global mean sea level estimates updated?
  • What is glacial isostatic adjustment (GIA), and why do you correct for it?
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Sea Level Links

  • AVISO
  • CLS Radar Altimetry Tutorial
  • CSIRO
  • GFZ GRACE
  • Global Sea Level Observing System (GLOSS)
  • JPL GRACE Tellus
  • JPL Ocean Surface Topography
  • LEGOS-CTOH
  • NASA EO: World of Change
  • NASA Global Climate Change
  • NOAA Satellite Altimetry
  • Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level (PSMSL)
  • Radar Altimeter Database (RADS)
  • USF Grace Ocean Mass
  • UT/CSR GRACE

CU Sea Level Library

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2011
McKay, N. P., J. T. Overpeck, and B. L. Otto-Bliesner. "The role of ocean thermal expansion in Last Interglacial sea level rise." Geophysical Research Letters 38, no. 14 (2011). Abstract
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2010
Hu, A., G. Meehl, B. L. Otto-Bliesner, C. Waelbroeck, W. Han, M. Loutre, K. Lambeck, J. Mitrovica, and N. Rosenbloom. "Influence of Bering Strait flow and North Atlantic circulation on glacial sea-level changes." Nature Geoscience 3 (2010): 118-121. Abstract
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CU Sea Level Blog

  • New group publication: "Is the detection of accelerated sea level rise imminent?" by Fasullo et al.
  • 10 things you should know about sea level rise and how bad it could be
  • Correction: New GMSL release and Jason-2 Switch to Side-B Platform Module
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Our Publications

  • Climate-change–driven accelerated sea-level rise detected in the altimeter era
  • On the “Cal-Mode” Correction to TOPEX Satellite Altimetry and Its Effect on the Global Mean Sea Level Time Series
  • Is the detection of accelerated sea level rise imminent?
  • Uncovering an anthropogenic sea-level rise signal in the Pacific Ocean
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Recent Articles

  • Climate-change–driven accelerated sea-level rise detected in the altimeter era
  • On the “Cal-Mode” Correction to TOPEX Satellite Altimetry and Its Effect on the Global Mean Sea Level Time Series
  • Is the detection of accelerated sea level rise imminent?
  • Some pitfalls of the semi-empirical method used to project sea level
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Climate Science News

  • [Jason-2] Happy birthday Jason-2
  • 29 May - 17 June 2019 Press Review
  • A glimpse on Swot satellite building and testing
  • [SARAL/Altika] Cycle 128 GDR release
  • June 2019: Modelling the flow
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We would like to thank JPL and G. Kruizinga for providing the altimetry database software. This work was funded by the NASA under a OSTM/Jason science investigation.

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