Sentences with phrase «local sea level measurements»

Vertical land movements such as resulting from glacial isostatic adjustment (GIA), tectonics, subsidence and sedimentation influence local sea level measurements but do not alter ocean water volume; nonetheless, they affect global mean sea level through their alteration of the shape and hence the volume of the ocean basins containing the water.

Not exact matches

Hatun et al. also used altimeter data (local sea level height measurements from satellite observations) to diagnose the norther oceans gyre circulation.

One probably should use a density altitude instead, since we are dealing with near ground measurements even when the local ground is 1000m above sea level, for instance.

In a 2009 study, the authors used GPS measurement to correct for local vertical movement of the Earth at key tide gages, finding a «global rate of geocentric sea level rise of 1.61 ± 0.19 mm / yr over the past century».

In a 2009 study, the authors used GPS measurement to correct for local vertical movement of the Earth at key tide gages, finding a «global rate of geocentric sea level rise of 1.61 ± 0.19 mm / yr over the past century» Their study shows no acceleration and no changes in rate during warm or cold periods of the last 110 years.