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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-411-2022
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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-411-2022
© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Review article
| 
07 Feb 2022
Review article |
| 07 Feb 2022
Global sea-level budget and ocean-mass budget, with a focus on advanced data products and uncertainty characterisation
Martin Horwath
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institut für Planetare Geodäsie, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Benjamin D. Gutknecht
Institut für Planetare Geodäsie, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Anny Cazenave
LEGOS, Toulouse, France
International Space Science Institute, Bern, Switzerland
Hindumathi Kulaiappan Palanisamy
LEGOS, Toulouse, France
Centre for Climate Research Singapore, Meteorological Service Singapore, Singapore
Florence Marti
LEGOS, Toulouse, France
Ben Marzeion
Institute of Geography, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Frank Paul
Department of Geography, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Raymond Le Bris
Department of Geography, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Anna E. Hogg
Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Inès Otosaka
Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Andrew Shepherd
Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Petra Döll
Institute of Physical Geography, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (SBiK-F), Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Denise Cáceres
Institute of Physical Geography, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Hannes Müller Schmied
Institute of Physical Geography, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (SBiK-F), Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Johnny A. Johannessen
Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center, Bergen, Norway
Jan Even Øie Nilsen
Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center, Bergen, Norway
Department of Oceanography and Climate, Institute of Marine Research, Bergen, Norway
Roshin P. Raj
Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center, Bergen, Norway
René Forsberg
DTU Space, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Louise Sandberg Sørensen
DTU Space, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Valentina R. Barletta
DTU Space, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Sebastian B. Simonsen
DTU Space, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Per Knudsen
DTU Space, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Ole Baltazar Andersen
DTU Space, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Heidi Ranndal
DTU Space, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Stine K. Rose
DTU Space, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Christopher J. Merchant
Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, UK
National Centre for Earth Observation, University of Reading, Reading, UK
Claire R. Macintosh
Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, UK
National Centre for Earth Observation, University of Reading, Reading, UK
Karina von Schuckmann
Mercator Ocean International, Toulouse, France
Kristin Novotny
Institut für Planetare Geodäsie, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Andreas Groh
Institut für Planetare Geodäsie, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Marco Restano
Serco, ESRIN, Frascati, Italy
Jérôme Benveniste
ESRIN, ESA, Frascati, Italy
Data sets
ESA Sea Level Budget Closure Climate Change Initiative (SLBC_cci): Time series of global mean sea level budget and ocean mass budget elements (1993-2016, at monthly resolution), version 2.2 Martin Horwath, Benjamin D. Gutknecht, Anny Cazenave, Hindumathi Kulaiappan Palanisamy, Florence Marti, Ben Marzeion, Frank Paul, Raymond Le Bris, Anna E. Hogg, Inès Otosaka, Andrew Shepherd, Petra Döll, Denise Cáceres, Hannes Müller Schmied, Johnny A. Johannessen, Jan Even Øie Nilsen, Roshin P. Raj, René Forsberg, Louise Sandberg Sørensen, Valentina R. Barletta, Sebastian B. Simonsen, Per Knudsen, Ole Baltazar Andersen, Heidi Ranndal, Stine K. Rose, Christopher J. Merchant, Claire R. Macintosh, Karina von Schuckmann, Kristin Novotny, Andreas Groh, Marco Restano, and Jérôme Benveniste https://doi.org/10.5285/17c2ce31784048de93996275ee976fff
Short summary
Global mean sea-level change observed from 1993 to 2016 (mean rate of 3.05 mm yr−1) matches the combined effect of changes in water density (thermal expansion) and ocean mass. Ocean-mass change has been assessed through the contributions from glaciers, ice sheets, and land water storage or directly from satellite data since 2003. Our budget assessments of linear trends and monthly anomalies utilise new datasets and uncertainty characterisations developed within ESA's Climate Change Initiative.
Global mean sea-level change observed from 1993 to 2016 (mean rate of 3.05 mm yr−1) matches the...
