Uncertainty in satellite estimates of global mean sea-level changes, trend and acceleration

Ablain, Michaël; Meyssignac, Benoît; Zawadzki, Lionel; Jugier, Rémi; Ribes, Aurélien; Spada, Giorgio; Benveniste, Jerôme; Cazenave, Anny; Picot, Nicolas

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-11-1189-2019

Articles | Volume 11, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-11-1189-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-11-1189-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 11, issue 3

Data description paper

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07 Aug 2019

Data description paper |

| 07 Aug 2019

Uncertainty in satellite estimates of global mean sea-level changes, trend and acceleration

Michaël Ablain, Benoît Meyssignac, Lionel Zawadzki, Rémi Jugier, Aurélien Ribes, Giorgio Spada, Jerôme Benveniste, Anny Cazenave, and Nicolas Picot

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Accounting for changes in the ocean floor', Anonymous Referee #1, 24 May 2019
- RC2: 'referee's report', Anonymous Referee #2, 12 Jun 2019
  - AC2: 'Answer to RC2', Michaël Ablain, 10 Jul 2019
- AC1: 'Answer to RC1', Michaël Ablain, 10 Jul 2019

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AR by Michaël Ablain on behalf of the Authors (10 Jul 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (11 Jul 2019) by Giuseppe M.R. Manzella

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ED: Publish as is (16 Jul 2019) by Giuseppe M.R. Manzella

AR by Michaël Ablain on behalf of the Authors (16 Jul 2019) Manuscript

Short summary

A description of the uncertainties in the Global Mean Sea Level (GMSL) record has been performed; 25 years of satellite altimetry data were used to estimate the error variance–covariance matrix for the GMSL record to derive its confidence envelope. Then a least square approach was used to estimate the GMSL trend and acceleration uncertainties over any time periods. A GMSL trend of 3.35 ± 0.4 mm/yr and a GMSL acceleration of 0.12 ± 0.07 mm/yr² have been found within a 90 % confidence level.