Keywords:
Climatic changes
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Climatic changes
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Electronic books
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents -- 1 International Space Science Institute (ISSI) Workshop on Integrative Study of the Mean Sea Level and its Components -- References -- Part I Observations & Contributors to Sea Level -- 2 Satellite Altimetry-Based Sea Level at Global and Regional Scales -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Brief History of Satellite Altimetry Missions -- The ESA Climate Change Initiative and the Sea Level ECV -- The Sea Level Record from High-Precision Satellite Altimetry Missions -- Geophysical Corrections Applied to the SSH Measurements -- Gridding Process -- Global Mean Sea Level Rise Characteristics -- Global Mean Sea Level Uncertainties -- Regional Sea Level -- Spatial Trend Patterns in Sea Level -- Uncertainties at Regional Scale -- New Arctic Products -- Validation and Error Assessment of CCI Products at Global and Regional Scales -- Validation with Tide Gauges -- Validation Using Argo Floats -- Regional Validation -- The CCI Sea Level Project: A Summary -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 3 Monitoring Sea Level in the Coastal Zone with Satellite Altimetry and Tide Gauges -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Monitoring Sea Level with Tide Gauges -- Monitoring Sea Level with Coastal Satellite Altimetry -- Strategies for Improving the Coastal Altimetry Data -- The Potential of New Altimetric Technologies in the Coastal Zone -- Ka-Band Altimetry: AltiKa -- SAR Mode Altimetry: CryoSat-2 -- A Case Study Around the Coast of the UK -- Evolution of Sea Level Trend from the Open to the Coastal Ocean -- Summary and Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 4 Uncertainties in Steric Sea Level Change Estimation During the Satellite Altimeter Era: Concepts and Practices -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Basic Concepts -- Calculating Steric Sea level -- Equation of State -- Uncertainty in Steric Sea Level Change -- Importance of Uncertainty
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (408 pages)
ISBN:
9783319564906
Series Statement:
Space Sciences Series of ISSI v.58
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=4852030
DDC:
550
Language:
English
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