A new phase in the production of quality-controlled sea level data

Quartly, Graham D.; Legeais, Jean-François; Ablain, Michaël; Zawadzki, Lionel; Fernandes, M. Joana; Rudenko, Sergei; Carrère, Loren; García, Pablo Nilo; Cipollini, Paolo; Andersen, Ole B.; Poisson, Jean-Christophe; Mbajon Njiche, Sabrina; Cazenave, Anny; Benveniste, Jérôme

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-557-2017

Articles | Volume 9, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-557-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-557-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 9, issue 2

Brief communication

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14 Aug 2017

Brief communication |

| 14 Aug 2017

A new phase in the production of quality-controlled sea level data

Graham D. Quartly, Jean-François Legeais, Michaël Ablain, Lionel Zawadzki, M. Joana Fernandes, Sergei Rudenko, Loren Carrère, Pablo Nilo García, Paolo Cipollini, Ole B. Andersen, Jean-Christophe Poisson, Sabrina Mbajon Njiche, Anny Cazenave, and Jérôme Benveniste

Data sets

Sea Level CCI Phase 2. Time series of gridded Sea Level Anomalies (SLA) J.-F. Legeais et al. https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-sea_level_cci-1993_2015-v_2.0-201612

Short summary

We have produced an improved monthly record of mean sea level for 1993–2015. It is developed by careful processing of the records from nine satellite altimeter missions, making use of the best available orbits, instrumental corrections and geophysical corrections. This paper details the selection process and the processing method. The data are suitable for investigation of sea level changes at scales from seasonal to long-term sea level rise, including interannual variations due to El Niño.