Underlying drivers of decade-long fluctuation in the global mean sea-level rise
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15550367 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hyeonsoo Cha (0000-0002-4213-8265, Jeju National University), Jae‐Hong Moon (0000-0001-7758-4196, Jeju National University, corresponding author), Taekyun Kim (0000-0002-3731-7023, Jeju National University), Y Tony Song (0000-0001-6903-0804, Jet Propulsion Laboratory) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 12 |
| Pages | 124064-124064 |
| Publication date | 2021-11-25 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environmental Research Letters (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1748-9326 • E-ISSN: 1748-9326 |
| Publisher | IOP Publishing (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1088/1748-9326/ac3d58 |
| OpenAlex | W3217407822 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 82 |
Natural climate variability can mask the background trend of global mean sea-level (GMSL) caused by global warming. Recent advances in satellite measurements and ocean heat-content estimates have enabled the monitoring of GMSL budget components and provide insights into ocean effects on the Earth’s energy imbalance and hydrology. We observed a decadal fluctuation in GMSL rise, which coincides with an increasing trend in the 2010s after the warming ‘hiatus’ during the 2000s, and demonstrated that the rate of sea-level rise can be attributed to climate-related decadal fluctuations in ocean heat storage and hydrology. Since ∼2011, the decadal climate variability has resulted in additional ocean mass gain (271 ± 89 Gt yr −1 ) from glacier-free land water storage and increased ocean heat uptake (0.28 ± 0.17 W m −2 ), increasing the GMSL rise rate by 1.4 ± 0.4 mm yr −1 . The suggested estimates of sea-level and Earth’s energy budgets highlight the importance of natural variability in understanding the impacts of the ongoing sea-level rise
Climate change · Climate system · Climatology · Earth system science · Geography · Glacier · Global warming · Hiatus · Ocean heat content · Physical geography · Sea level · Sea level rise · Sea surface temperature · Climate variability and models · Environmental Science · Geophysics and Gravity Measurements · Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes · Geology · Oceanography
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
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| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |