<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cazenave, A.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bonnefond, P.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Dominh, K.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Schaeffer, P.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Caspian sea level from Topex-Poseidon altimetry: Level now falling</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Geophysical Research Letters</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">sea_level</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">tide_gauge</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">topex</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1997</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">01/1997</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1997GeoRL..24..881C</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">24</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">881-884</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Tide gauge measurements recorded between 1978 and 1993 indicate that the Caspian sea level (CSL) has been rising at an average rate of ~12cm/yr during this 15-yr time span. Decadal CSL changes are currently attributed to changes in river runoff and effective evaporation. We have analysed three and a half years (from January 1993 through August 1996) of altimeter range data from the TOPEX-POSEIDON mission over the Caspian sea to estimate temporal variations in the sea level. We show that the Caspian sea level was still rising at a rate of 18.9+/-0.5cm/yr between January 1993 and July 1995 and that the northwestern Caspian in the area of the Volga delta was rising faster (by ~3cm/yr) than the middle and south Caspian. However, by mid-1995, the CSL started to drop abruptly, a trend still observed in 1996. The average sea level decrease recorded from mid-1995 amounts to -24.8+/-1.4cm/yr.</style></abstract></record></records></xml>