Please join us on zoom or in person for this week's hybrid Polar Hour with Dr. R. Steven Nerem (CIRES/the University of Colorado). Boulder.
Satellite Measurements of Sea Level Change: What are they telling us about the future?
Abstract: Satellite altimetry (TOPEX/Poseidon, Jason-1, Jason-2, Jason-3, Sentinel-6) and satellite gravity (GRACE and GRACE Follow-On) measurements have provided a wealth of new information on how sea level has been changing over the last few decades. With 30-year and 20-year time series respectively, these measurements are giving us important information about the causes of sea level change and how it will evolve in the future. This talk will review these satellite technologies, summarize the changes we have observed, and discuss what clues this is providing about future sea level change. We are also using climate models to help interpret what we are seeing in the relatively short sea level observation record from satellites. Our future under climate-driven sea level rise is becoming clearer, but there are still important questions to be answered.
All welcome to join, listen, discuss, and build community!