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GMSL Rates

CU: 3.2 ± 0.4 mm/yr
AVISO: 3.2 ± 0.6 mm/yr
CSIRO: 3.2 ± 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?
  • Do you account for plate tectonics in the global mean sea level trend?
  • Is sedimentation in the oceans accounted for in the GMSL estimate?
  • What determines the x-intercept (i.e., "zero-crossing" or "base year") of the GMSL plots?
  • Why is the GMSL different than local tide gauge measurements?
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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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2010
Shepherd, A., D. Wingham, D. Wallis, K. Giles, S. Laxon, and A. - V. Sundal. "Recent loss of floating ice and the consequent sea level contribution." Geophysical Research Letters 37, no. 13 (2010). Abstract
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2000
Wahr, J. M., D. Wingham, and C. Bentley. "A method of combining ICESat and GRACE satellite data to constrain Antarctic mass balance." Journal of Geophysical Research 105 (2000): 16279-16294. Abstract
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CU Sea Level Blog

  • New GMSL release and Jason-2 Switch to Side-B
  • Senate Committee Hearing on Impacts of Rising Sea Levels on Domestic Infrastructures
  • NASA mission takes stock of Earth's melting land ice
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Our Publications

  • The 2011 La Niña: So strong, the oceans fell
  • Is there a 60-year oscillation in global mean sea level?
  • Comparison of Global Mean Sea Level Time Series from TOPEX/Poseidon, Jason-1, and Jason-2
  • Reconstructing sea level using cyclostationary empirical orthogonal functions
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Recent Sea Level Articles

  • Time-variable gravity observations of ice sheet mass balance: precision and limitations of the GRACE satellite data
  • Antarctic contribution to sea-level rise observed by GRACE with improved GIA correction
  • Satellite-derived interannual ocean bottom pressure variability and its relation to sea level
  • Future sea-level rise from Greenland’s main outlet glaciers in a warming climate
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Climate Science News

  • Strong swell in French Polynesia on June 2013
  • Saral also provides promising results over the Amazon river
  • Un-baked Alaska
  • April on average
  • Spring has sprung in the Arctic
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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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