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Unabated global mean sea-level rise over the satellite altimeter era

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  • Christopher S. Watson

    (Discipline of Geography and Spatial Sciences, School of Land and Food, University of Tasmania)

  • Neil J. White

    (Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research, A partnership between CSIRO and the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Flagship)

  • John A. Church

    (Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research, A partnership between CSIRO and the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Flagship)

  • Matt A. King

    (Discipline of Geography and Spatial Sciences, School of Land and Food, University of Tasmania
    School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Newcastle University)

  • Reed J. Burgette

    (New Mexico State University)

  • Benoit Legresy

    (Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research, A partnership between CSIRO and the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Flagship)

Abstract

This study identifies and corrects instrumental drift for satellite altimeter missions, which affects estimates of the rates of sea-level rise. Corrected data show an acceleration in the rate of rise, counter to previous estimates and in line with projections.

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  • Christopher S. Watson & Neil J. White & John A. Church & Matt A. King & Reed J. Burgette & Benoit Legresy, 2015. "Unabated global mean sea-level rise over the satellite altimeter era," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 5(6), pages 565-568, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:5:y:2015:i:6:d:10.1038_nclimate2635
    DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2635
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    1. Mintaek Lee & Jaechoul Lee, 2021. "Long‐term trend analysis of extreme coastal sea levels with changepoint detection," Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series C, Royal Statistical Society, vol. 70(2), pages 434-458, March.
    2. Hiroshi Takagi & Nguyen Danh Thao & Le Tuan Anh, 2016. "Sea-Level Rise and Land Subsidence: Impacts on Flood Projections for the Mekong Delta’s Largest City," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 8(9), pages 1-15, September.
    3. Rania A. Bekheet & Mohamed El Raey & Alaa-El-Din Yassin, 2017. "The crestline approach for assessing the development of coastal flooding due to sea level rise," Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, Springer, vol. 22(7), pages 1113-1130, October.
    4. Lichun Sui & Jun Wang & Xiaomei Yang & Zhihua Wang, 2020. "Spatial-Temporal Characteristics of Coastline Changes in Indonesia from 1990 to 2018," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(8), pages 1-28, April.

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