Ocean mass, sterodynamic effects, and vertical land motion largely explain US coast relative sea level rise

T. C. Harvey; B. D. Hamlington; T. Frederikse; R. S. Nerem; C. G. Piecuch; W. C. Hammond; G. Blewitt; P. R. Thompson; D. P. S. Bekaert; F. W. Landerer; J. T. Reager; R. E. Kopp; H. Chandanpurkar; I. Fenty; D. Trossman; J. S. Walker; C. Boening

doi:10.1038/s43247-021-00300-w

Communications Earth & Environment (Nov 2021)

Ocean mass, sterodynamic effects, and vertical land motion largely explain US coast relative sea level rise

T. C. Harvey,
B. D. Hamlington,
T. Frederikse,
R. S. Nerem,
C. G. Piecuch,
W. C. Hammond,
G. Blewitt,
P. R. Thompson,
D. P. S. Bekaert,
F. W. Landerer,
J. T. Reager,
R. E. Kopp,
H. Chandanpurkar,
I. Fenty,
D. Trossman,
J. S. Walker,
C. Boening

Affiliations

T. C. Harvey: Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences, Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research, University of Colorado
B. D. Hamlington: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
T. Frederikse: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
R. S. Nerem: Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences, Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research, University of Colorado
C. G. Piecuch: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
W. C. Hammond: University of Nevada Reno
G. Blewitt: University of Nevada Reno
P. R. Thompson: University of Hawaii at Manoa
D. P. S. Bekaert: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
F. W. Landerer: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
J. T. Reager: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
R. E. Kopp: Institute of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Rutgers University
H. Chandanpurkar: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
I. Fenty: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
D. Trossman: University of Texas
J. S. Walker: Institute of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Rutgers University
C. Boening: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00300-w
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Tide gauge observations of relative sea-level trends between 1993 and 2018 around the contiguous United States can largely be attributed to a combination of changes in ocean mass, sterodynamic effects and vertical land motion, according to a sea-level budgeting exercise.

Published in Communications Earth & Environment

ISSN: 2662-4435 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Geology; Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Environmental sciences
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