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Hamlington BD, Gardner AS, Ivins E, et al. Understanding of Contemporary Regional Sea-Level Change and the Implications for the Future. Rev Geophys. 2020;58(3):e2019RG000672doi: 10.1029/2019RG000672.
Hamlington, B. D., Gardner, A. S., Ivins, E., Lenaerts, J. T. M., Reager, J. T., Trossman, D. S., Zaron, E. D., Adhikari, S., Arendt, A., Aschwanden, A., Beckley, B. D., Bekaert, D. P. S., Blewitt, G., Caron, L., Chambers, D. P., Chandanpurkar, H. A., Christianson, K., Csatho, B., Cullather, R. I., DeConto, R. M., Fasullo, J. T., Frederikse, T., Freymueller, J. T., Gilford, D. M., Girotto, M., Hammond, W. C., Hock, R., Holschuh, N., Kopp, R. E., Landerer, F., Larour, E., Menemenlis, D., Merrifield, M., Mitrovica, J. X., Nerem, R. S., Nias, I. J., Nieves, V., Nowicki, S., Pangaluru, K., Piecuch, C. G., Ray, R. D., Rounce, D. R., Schlegel, N. J., Seroussi, H., Shirzaei, M., Sweet, W. V., Velicogna, I., Vinogradova, N., Wahl, T., Wiese, D. N., & Willis, M. J. (2020). Understanding of Contemporary Regional Sea-Level Change and the Implications for the Future. Reviews of geophysics (Washington, D.C. : 1985), 58(3), e2019RG000672. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019RG000672
Hamlington, Benjamin D, et al. "Understanding of Contemporary Regional Sea-Level Change and the Implications for the Future." Reviews of geophysics (Washington, D.C. : 1985) vol. 58,3 (2020): e2019RG000672. doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/2019RG000672
Hamlington BD, Gardner AS, Ivins E, Lenaerts JTM, Reager JT, Trossman DS, Zaron ED, Adhikari S, Arendt A, Aschwanden A, Beckley BD, Bekaert DPS, Blewitt G, Caron L, Chambers DP, Chandanpurkar HA, Christianson K, Csatho B, Cullather RI, DeConto RM, Fasullo JT, Frederikse T, Freymueller JT, Gilford DM, Girotto M, Hammond WC, Hock R, Holschuh N, Kopp RE, Landerer F, Larour E, Menemenlis D, Merrifield M, Mitrovica JX, Nerem RS, Nias IJ, Nieves V, Nowicki S, Pangaluru K, Piecuch CG, Ray RD, Rounce DR, Schlegel NJ, Seroussi H, Shirzaei M, Sweet WV, Velicogna I, Vinogradova N, Wahl T, Wiese DN, Willis MJ. Understanding of Contemporary Regional Sea-Level Change and the Implications for the Future. Rev Geophys. 2020 Sep;58(3):e2019RG000672. doi: 10.1029/2019RG000672. PMID: 32879921; PMCID: PMC7375165.
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Rev Geophys. 2020 Sep;58(3):e2019RG000672. doi: 10.1029/2019RG000672.

Understanding of Contemporary Regional Sea-Level Change and the Implications for the Future.

Reviews of geophysics (Washington, D.C. : 1985)

Benjamin D Hamlington, Alex S Gardner, Erik Ivins, Jan T M Lenaerts, J T Reager, David S Trossman, Edward D Zaron, Surendra Adhikari, Anthony Arendt, Andy Aschwanden, Brian D Beckley, David P S Bekaert, Geoffrey Blewitt, Lambert Caron, Don P Chambers, Hrishikesh A Chandanpurkar, Knut Christianson, Beata Csatho, Richard I Cullather, Robert M DeConto, John T Fasullo, Thomas Frederikse, Jeffrey T Freymueller, Daniel M Gilford, Manuela Girotto, William C Hammond, Regine Hock, Nicholas Holschuh, Robert E Kopp, Felix Landerer, Eric Larour, Dimitris Menemenlis, Mark Merrifield, Jerry X Mitrovica, R Steven Nerem, Isabel J Nias, Veronica Nieves, Sophie Nowicki, Kishore Pangaluru, Christopher G Piecuch, Richard D Ray, David R Rounce, Nicole-Jeanne Schlegel, Hélène Seroussi, Manoochehr Shirzaei, William V Sweet, Isabella Velicogna, Nadya Vinogradova, Thomas Wahl, David N Wiese, Michael J Willis

Affiliations

  1. Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology Pasadena CA USA.
  2. Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences University of Colorado Boulder Boulder CO USA.
  3. Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences University of Texas at Austin Austin TX USA.
  4. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Portland State University Portland OR USA.
  5. Applied Physics Laboratory University of Washington Seattle WA USA.
  6. Geophysical Institute University of Alaska Fairbanks Fairbanks AK USA.
  7. KBR Inc. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Houston TX USA.
  8. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology University of Nevada Reno NV USA.
  9. College of Marine Science University of South Florida St. Petersburg FL USA.
  10. Department of Earth and Space Sciences University of Washington Seattle WA USA.
  11. Department of Earth Sciences University of Buffalo Buffalo NY USA.
  12. Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center University of Maryland College Park MD USA.
  13. Department of Geosciences University of Massachusetts Amherst Amherst MA USA.
  14. National Center for Atmospheric Research Boulder CO USA.
  15. Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences Michigan State University East Lansing MI USA.
  16. Institute of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences Rutgers University New Brunswick NJ USA.
  17. Department of Environmental Science and Policy Management University of California, Berkeley Berkeley CA USA.
  18. Geophysical Institute University of Alaska Fairbanks College AK USA.
  19. Scripps Institution of Oceanography University of California, San Diego La Jolla CA USA.
  20. Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences Harvard University Cambridge MA USA.
  21. CIRES and CCAR University of Colorado Boulder Boulder CO USA.
  22. Department of Physical Oceanography Institute of Marine Sciences Barcelona Spain.
  23. Earth System Science University of California, Irvine Irvine CA USA.
  24. Physical Oceanography Department Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Woods Hole MA USA.
  25. School of Earth and Space Exploration Arizona State University Tempe AZ USA.
  26. Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services NOAA Silver Spring MD USA.
  27. Science Mission Directorate NASA Headquarters Washington DC USA.
  28. Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering and National Center for Integrated Coastal Research University of Central Florida Orlando FL USA.
  29. CIRES University of Colorado Boulder Boulder CO USA.

PMID: 32879921 PMCID: PMC7375165 DOI: 10.1029/2019RG000672

Abstract

Global sea level provides an important indicator of the state of the warming climate, but changes in regional sea level are most relevant for coastal communities around the world. With improvements to the sea-level observing system, the knowledge of regional sea-level change has advanced dramatically in recent years. Satellite measurements coupled with in situ observations have allowed for comprehensive study and improved understanding of the diverse set of drivers that lead to variations in sea level in space and time. Despite the advances, gaps in the understanding of contemporary sea-level change remain and inhibit the ability to predict how the relevant processes may lead to future change. These gaps arise in part due to the complexity of the linkages between the drivers of sea-level change. Here we review the individual processes which lead to sea-level change and then describe how they combine and vary regionally. The intent of the paper is to provide an overview of the current state of understanding of the processes that cause regional sea-level change and to identify and discuss limitations and uncertainty in our understanding of these processes. Areas where the lack of understanding or gaps in knowledge inhibit the ability to provide the needed information for comprehensive planning efforts are of particular focus. Finally, a goal of this paper is to highlight the role of the expanded sea-level observation network-particularly as related to satellite observations-in the improved scientific understanding of the contributors to regional sea-level change.

©2020. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved.

Keywords: remote sensing; satellite observations; sea level

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no competing interests.

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