A new assessment of the error budget of global Mean Sea Level rate estimated by satellite altimetry over 1993-2008

Ocean Science

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 193-201

  Ablain, M ^a   Cazenave, A ^b   Valladeau, G ^a   Guinehut, S ^a  

^a CLS   (France)

^b LEGOS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA LEVEL; TIDE GAUGE; TOPEX-POSEIDON;

EID: 77049103343     PISSN: 18120784     EISSN: 18120792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/os-5-193-2009     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. Ablain, M., Philipps, S., Faugere, Y., et al.: Consistency between Jason-1 and TOPEX/Poseidon, Oral presentation, OSTST Hobart, 2007.
2. Altamimi, Z., Sillard, P., and Boucher, C.: ITRF2000: A new release of the International Terrestrial Reference Frame for earth science applications, J. Geophys. Res., 107(B10), 2114, doi:10.1029/2001JB000561, 2002.
3. Altamimi, Z., Collilieux, X., Legrand, J., Garayt, B., and Boucher, C.: ITRF2005: A new release of the International Terrestrial Reference Frame based on time series of station positions and Earth Orientation Parameters, J. Geophys. Res., 112, B09401, doi:10.1029/2007JB004949, 2007. (Pubitemid 350091253)
4. Beckley, B. D., Lemoine, F. G., Luthcke, S. B., Ray, R. D., and Zelensky, N. P.: A reassessment of global rise and regional mean sea level trends from TOPEX and Jason-1 altimetry based on revised reference frame and orbits, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L14608, doi:10.1029/2007GL030002, 2007.
5. Bretherton, F. P., Davis, R. E., and Fandry, C. B.: A technique for objective analysis and design of oceanographic experiment applied to MODE-73, Deep-Sea Res., 23, 559-582, 1976.
6. Carrère, L. and Lyard, F.: Modelling the barotropic response of the global ocean to atmospheric wind and pressure forcing comparisons with observations, Geophys. Res. Lett., 30(6), 1275 pp., 2003.
7. Cazenave, A. and Nerem, R. S.: Present-day sea level change, Observations and causes, Rev. Geophys., 42, RG3001, doi:10.1029/2003RG000139, 2004. (Pubitemid 40008466)
8. Chambers, D. P., Ries, J. C., Shum, C. K., and Tapley, B. D.: On the use of tide gauges to determine altimeter drift, J. Geophys. Res., 103(C6), 12885-12890, 1998.
9. Chambers, D. P., Hayes, S. A., Ries, J. C., and Urban, T. J.: New TOPEX sea state bias models and their effect on global mean sea level, J. Geophys. Res., 108(C10), 3305, doi:10.1029/2003JC001839, 2003.
10. Church, J. A., Gregory, J. M., Huybrechts, P., Kuhn, M., Lambeck, K., Nhuan, M. T., Qin, D., andWoodworth, P. L.: Changes in sea level, in Climate Change 2001: The Scientific Basis, Cambridge Univ. Press, New York, 2001.
11. Church, J. A. and White, N. J.: A 20th century acceleration in global sea-level rise, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L01602, doi:10.1029/2005GL024826, 2006. (Pubitemid 43316196)
12. Zlotnicky, V. and Desai, S: Assessment of the Jason Microwave Radiometer's Measurement of Wet Tropospheric Path Delay Using Comparisons to SSM/I and TMI, Marine Geod., 27, 1-2, 1-2/2004, 241-253(13), 2004.
13. Fernandes, M. J., Barbosa, S., and Lázaro, C.: Impact of Altimeter Data Processing on Sea Level Studies, Sensors 2006, 6, 131-163, 2006.
14. Gaspar, P., Labroue, S., Ogor, F., Lafitte, G., Marchal, L., and Rafanel, M.: Improving nonparametric estimates of the sea state bias in radar altimeter measurements of sea level, J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., 19, 1690-1707, 2002. (Pubitemid 35374934)
15. Jevrejeva, S., Moore, J. C., Grinsted, A., and Woodworth, P. L.: Recent global sea level acceleration started over 200 years ago?, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L08715, doi:10.1029/2008GL033611, 2008.
16. Kalnay, E., Kanamitsua, M., Kistlera, R., et al.: The NCEP/NCAR 40-Year Reanalysis Project, B. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 77, 437-471, 1996.
17. Kennedy, A. J., Griffin, M. L., Morey, S. L., Smith, S. R., and OBrien, J. J.: Effects of El Niño-Southern Oscillation on sea level anomalies along the Gulf of Mexico coast, J. Geophys. Res., 112, C05047, doi:10.1029/2006JC003904, 2007.
18. Landerer, F. W., Jungclaus J. H., and Marotzke, J.: El Niño-Southern Oscillation signals in sea level, surface mass redistribution and degree-two geoid coefficients, J. Geophys. Res., 113, C08014, doi:10.1029/2008JC004767, 2008.
19. Leuliette, E. W., Nerem, R. S., and Mitchum, G. T.: Calibration of TOPEX/Poseidon and Jason Altimeter Data to Construct a Continuous Record of Mean Sea Level Change, Marine Geod., 27(1), 79-94, 2004.
20. Nerem, R. S., Leuliette, E., and Cazenace, A.: Present-day sea-level change: A review, C. R. Geoscience, 338(2006), 1077-1083, 2006.
21. Mitchum, G. T.: Monitoring the stability of satellite altimeters with tide gauges, J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., 15, 721-730, 1998.
22. Mitchum, G. T.: An improved calibration of satellite altimeter height using tide gauge sea levels with adjustment for land motion, Mar. Geod., 23, 145-166, 2000
23. Nerem, R. S. and Mitchum, G. T.: Observations of Sea Level Change from Satellite Altimetry, in: Sea Level Rise: History and Consequences, edited by: Douglas, B. C., Kearney, M. S., and Leatherman, S. P., 121-163, Academic Press, 2001a
24. Nerem, R. S. and Mitchum, G. T.: Sea Level Change, in/Satellite Altimetry and Earth Sciences, A Handbook of Techniques and Applications, edited by: Fu, L. and Cazenave, A., 329-349, Academic Press, 2001b.
25. Ngo-Duc, T., Laval, K., Polcher, J., and Cazenave, A.: Contribution of continental water to sea level variations during the 1997-1998 El Niño-Southern Oscillation event: Compari- son between Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project simulations and TOPEX/Poseidon satellite data, J. Geophys. Res., 110, D09103, doi:10.1029/2004JD004940, 2005. (Pubitemid 40923932)
26. Peltier, R.: Global glacial isostasy and the surface of the ice-age earth: the ICE-5G (VM2) model and GRACE, Annu. Rev. Earth. Pl. Sc., 32, 111-149, doi:10.1146/annurev.earth.32.082503.144359, 2004. (Pubitemid 38836368)
27. DOE/Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Increase In Atmospheric Moisture Tied To Human Activities, ScienceDaily from http://www.sciencedaily. com/releases/2007/09/070918090803.htm, 2007.
28. Ponte, R. M. and Dorandeu., J.: Uncertainties in ECMWF surface pressure fields over the ocean in relation to sea level analysis and Modeling, J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., 2(20), 301-307, 2003.
29. Ray, R. D. and Egbert, G. D.: The Global S1 Tide, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 34, 1922-1935, 2004.
30. Scharroo, R., Lillibridge, J. L., and Smith, W. H. F.: Cross-Calibration and Long-term Monitoring of the Microwave Radiometers of ERS, TOPEX, GFO, Jason-1, and Envisat, Marine Geod., 27, 279-297, 2004.
31. Tapley, B., Ries, J., Bettadpur, S., Chambers, D., Cheng, M., Condi, F., Gunter, B., Kang, Z., Nagel, P., Pastor, R., Pekker, T., Poole, S., and Wang, F.: GGM02 - An improved earth gravity field model from GRACE, J. Geod., 79, 467-478, doi:10.1007/s00190-005-0480-z, 2005. (Pubitemid 41801092)
32. Salstein, D. A., Ponte, R. M., and Cady-Pereira, K.: Uncertainties in atmospheric surface pressure fields from global analyses, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D14107, doi:10.1029/2007JD009531, 2008.
33. Uppala, S. M., KÅllberg, P. W., Simmons, A. J., et al.: The ERA-40 re-analysis, Q. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 131(612), 2961-3012, doi:10.1256/qj.04. 176, 2005. (Pubitemid 43186171)
34. Wöppelmann, G., Miguez, B. M., Bouin, M.-N., and Altamimi, Z.: Geocentric sea-level trend estimates from GPS analyses at relevant tide gauges world-wide, Global Planet. Change, 57(3-4), 396-406, doi:10.1016/j.gloplacha. 2007.02.002, 2007. (Pubitemid 46756206)