Marine Science Faculty Publications
Estimating Mean Sea Level Change from the TOPEX and Jason Altimeter Missions
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2010
Keywords
sea level change, satellite altimetry
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1080/01490419.2010.491031
Abstract
The Jason-2 satellite altimeter mission was launched in June 2008, extending the record of precision sea level measurements that was initiated with the launch of TOPEX/Poseidon in 1992 and continued with the launch of Jason-1 in December 2001. We have used the measurements from these three missions to construct a seamless record of global mean sea level change from 1993 to the present. We present the results of our calibration activities, including data comparisons during the “tandem period” of the missions, during which we solve for biases between the missions, as well as comparisons to independent tide gauge sea level measurements. When the entire record is assembled, the average rate of sea level rise from 1993–2009 is 3.4 ± 0.4 mm/year. There is considerable interannual variation due to ENSO-related processes, which include the period of lower sea level rise over the last three years of the time series during the recent La Nina event.
Was this content written or created while at USF?
Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Marine Geodesy, v. 33, issue S1, p. 435-446
Scholar Commons Citation
Nerem, R. S.; Chambers, Don P.; Choe, C.; and Mitchum, Gary T., "Estimating Mean Sea Level Change from the TOPEX and Jason Altimeter Missions" (2010). Marine Science Faculty Publications. 189.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/msc_facpub/189
