The determination of the present‐day rate of sea level change is important for a variety of
scientific and socioeconomic reasons. With over a decade of precision sea level …

Given the considerable range of applications within the European Union Copernicus
system, sustained satellite altimetry missions are required to address operational, science …

Interdisciplinary data fuel fisheries oceanography research and the ecosystem‐based
approaches to management and sustainable development it informs. Underlying this is a …

The rate of global mean sea-level (GMSL) rise has been suggested to be lower for the past
decade compared with the preceding decade as a result of natural variability, with an …

Since the beginning of the 1990s, sea level is routinely measured using high-precision
satellite altimetry. Over the past ∼∼ 25 years, several groups worldwide involved in …

The Jason-2 satellite altimeter mission was launched in June 2008, extending the record of
precision sea level measurements that was initiated with the launch of TOPEX/Poseidon in …

Publisher Summary The basic concept of satellite altimetry is to measure the range from the
satellite to the sea surface. The altimeter transmits a short pulse of microwave radiation with …

This chapter assesses the current state of knowledge of the rate of change of global-
averaged and regional sea-level in relation to climate change. We focus on the 20th and …

TOPEX/Poseidon satellite altimeter data are used to estimate global empirical orthogonal
functions that are then combined with historical tide gauge data to estimate monthly …

Historical and projected sea-levels for islands in the tropical Pacific and Indian oceans are a
subject of considerable interest and some controversy. The large variability (eg El Niño) …