Integrative Study of the Mean Sea Level and Its Components, 1st ed. 2017 Space Sciences Series of ISSI Series, Vol. 58
Coordonnateurs : Cazenave Anny, Champollion Nicolas, Paul Frank, Benveniste Jérôme
This volume presents the most recent results of global mean sea level variations over the satellite altimetry era (starting in the early 1990s) and associated contributions, such as glaciers and ice sheets mass loss, ocean thermal expansion, and land water storage changes. Sea level is one of the best indicators of global climate changes as it integrates the response of several components of the climate system to external forcing factors (including anthropogenic forcing) and internal climate variability. Providing long, accurate records of the sea level at global and regional scales and of the various components causing sea level changes is of crucial importance to improve our understanding of climate processes at work and to validate the climate models used for future projections. The Climate Change Initiative project of the European Space Agency has provided a first attempt to produce consistent and continuous space-based records for several climate parameters observable from space, among them sea level. This book presents current knowledge of the sea level budget over the altimetry era and 20th century.
Frank Paul has a diploma in meteorology from the University of Hamburg and a Ph.D. degree in physical geography from the University of Zurich, where he is currently working as a senior research scientist and group leader. He has worked in several national and international research projects related to glacier mapping and monitoring from space-borne optical sensors, distributed mass-balance modeling of glaciers, as well as geomorphometric analysis of DEMs and their application in glaciological studies. He was PI of the ESA Project GlobGlacier and is currently science leader of the follow-up project Glaciers_cci. He served as a lead author in Working Group I of the Fifth
Offers an overview of present-day sea level changes and causes
Presents the most recent updates of satellite altimetry-based observations of global and regional sea level
Provides up-to-date estimates of ocean thermal expansion, land ice melt, and water storage changes, as well as their contributions to sea level
Contains useful information about space-based and in situ observations of sea level and its components
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Date de parution : 07-2018
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Mots-clés :
Sea Level Observations; Oceanography; ESA Climate Change Initiative; Sea Level Projections; Remote Sensing and Sea Level; Hydrology; Sea Level Processes at Regional Scale; Contributors to Sea Level; Altimetry era; coastal sciences; remote sensing/photogrammetry; climate change; climate change impacts