Global Sea Level and Earth Rotation
Recent analyses of long time scale secular variations of sea level, based on tide gauge observations, have established that sea level is apparently rising at a globally averaged rate somewhat in excess of 1 millimeter per year. It has been suggested that the nonsteric component of this secular rate...
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craaas:10.1126/science.240.4854.895 2024-05-19T07:38:09+00:00 Global Sea Level and Earth Rotation Peltier, W. R. 1988 http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.240.4854.895 https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.240.4854.895 en eng American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science volume 240, issue 4854, page 895-901 ISSN 0036-8075 1095-9203 journal-article 1988 craaas https://doi.org/10.1126/science.240.4854.895 2024-05-02T06:40:57Z Recent analyses of long time scale secular variations of sea level, based on tide gauge observations, have established that sea level is apparently rising at a globally averaged rate somewhat in excess of 1 millimeter per year. It has been suggested that the nonsteric component of this secular rate might be explicable in terms of ongoing mass loss from the small ice sheets and glaciers of the world. Satellite laser ranging and very long baseline interferometry data may be used to deliver strong constraints on this important scenario because of the information that these systems provide on variations of the length of day and of the position of the rotation pole with respect to the earth's surface geography. These data demonstrate that the hypothesis of mass loss is plausible if the Barents Sea was covered by a substantial ice sheet at the last maximum of the current ice age 18,000 years ago. Article in Journal/Newspaper Barents Sea Ice Sheet AAAS Resource Center (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Science 240 4854 895 901 |
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Recent analyses of long time scale secular variations of sea level, based on tide gauge observations, have established that sea level is apparently rising at a globally averaged rate somewhat in excess of 1 millimeter per year. It has been suggested that the nonsteric component of this secular rate might be explicable in terms of ongoing mass loss from the small ice sheets and glaciers of the world. Satellite laser ranging and very long baseline interferometry data may be used to deliver strong constraints on this important scenario because of the information that these systems provide on variations of the length of day and of the position of the rotation pole with respect to the earth's surface geography. These data demonstrate that the hypothesis of mass loss is plausible if the Barents Sea was covered by a substantial ice sheet at the last maximum of the current ice age 18,000 years ago. |
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