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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-281-2018
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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-281-2018
© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Review article
| 
12 Feb 2018
Review article |
| 12 Feb 2018
| 12 Feb 2018
An improved and homogeneous altimeter sea level record from the ESA Climate Change Initiative
Jean-François Legeais
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Collecte Localisation Satellite (CLS), 31520 Ramonville-Saint-Agne, France
Michaël Ablain
Collecte Localisation Satellite (CLS), 31520 Ramonville-Saint-Agne, France
Lionel Zawadzki
Collecte Localisation Satellite (CLS), 31520 Ramonville-Saint-Agne, France
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, Reading, UK
Johnny A. Johannessen
Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center (NERSC), Bergen, Norway
Martin G. Scharffenberg
University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Luciana Fenoglio-Marc
University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
M. Joana Fernandes
Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR), 4450-208 Matosinhos, Portugal
Ole Baltazar Andersen
DTU Space, 2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
Sergei Rudenko
Deutsches Geodätisches Forschungsinstitut, Technische Universität München, 80333 Munich, Germany
Helmholtz Centre Potsdam – GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
Paolo Cipollini
National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, UK
Graham D. Quartly
Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Plymouth, PL1 3DH, UK
Marcello Passaro
Deutsches Geodätisches Forschungsinstitut, Technische Universität München, 80333 Munich, Germany
Anny Cazenave
LEGOS, 31400 Toulouse, France
ISSI, Bern, Switzerland
Jérôme Benveniste
ESA/ESRIN, 00044 Frascati, Italy
Data sets
The ESA Sea Level Essential Climate Variable v2.0 The ESA Sea Level Climate Change Initiative team https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-sea_level_cci-1993_2015-v_2.0-201612
Short summary
Sea level is one of the best indicators of climate change and has been listed as one of the essential climate variables. Sea level measurements have been provided by satellite altimetry for 25 years, and the Climate Change Initiative (CCI) program of the European Space Agency has given the opportunity to provide a long-term, homogeneous and accurate sea level record. It will help scientists to better understand climate change and its variability.
Sea level is one of the best indicators of climate change and has been listed as one of the...
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