Timeseries of global Ocean Thermosteric Sea Level anomaly
'''DEFINITION'''
The temporal evolution of thermosteric sea level in an ocean layer (here: 0-700m) is obtained from an integration of temperature driven ocean density variations, which are subtracted from a reference climatology (here 1993-2014) to obtain the fluctuations from an average field. The regional thermosteric sea level values from 1993 to close to real time are then averaged from 60°S-60°N aiming to monitor interannual to long term global sea level variations caused by temperature driven ocean volume changes through thermal expansion as expressed in meters (m).
'''CONTEXT'''
The global mean sea level is reflecting changes in the Earth’s climate system in response to natural and anthropogenic forcing factors such as ocean warming, land ice mass loss and changes in water storage in continental river basins (IPCC, 2019). Thermosteric sea-level variations result from temperature related density changes in sea water associated with volume expansion and contraction (Storto et al., 2018). Global thermosteric sea level rise caused by ocean warming is known as one of the major drivers of contemporary global mean sea level rise (WCRP, 2018).
'''CMEMS KEY FINDINGS'''
Since the year 1993 the upper (0-700m) near-global (60°S-60°N) thermosteric sea level rises at a rate of 1.5±0.1 mm/year.
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Contact(s) Contact(s) |
Yann Drillet
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GLO-MERCATOR-TOULOUSE-FR
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Karina Von Schuckmann ( GLO-MERCATOR-TOULOUSE-FR ) GLO Service Desk ( GLO-MERCATOR-TOULOUSE-FR ) Renaud Dussurget ( GLO-MERCATOR-TOULOUSE-FR ) MOI-OMI-SERVICE ( MOI-OMI-SERVICE ) |
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E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information |
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Spatial informations Informations géographiques |
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