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ESA Sea Level Budget Closure Climate Change Initiative (SLBC_cci): Constrained dataset

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Abstract

The SLBC_cci+ dataset is provided as a single data collection that contains the Sea Level Budget (SLB) components from the constrained approach. This dataset is a compilation of time series and regional grids of the following elements of the mean sea level budget and ocean mass budget:

(a) relative sea level;
(b) the thermosteric component of mean sea level, representing the change in ocean density caused by thermal expansion;
(c) sea level changes due to salinity-driven density variations in the ocean;
(d) the mass contribution to mean sea level.

Uncertainties associated with each component were characterized. These uncertainties are provided as variance-covariance matrices, available at a monthly timescale for both global and regional scales. These matrices enable the estimation of uncertainties in trends and acceleration across any timescales.

Citable as:  [ PROVISIONAL ] Meyssignac, B.; Ablain, M.; Bouih, M.; Ferrari, R.; Fraudeau, R.; Cazenave, A.; Blazquez, A.; Lecomte, H.; Horwath, M.; Döhne, T.; Bamber, J.; Kolodziejczyk, N.; William, L.; Asselot, R.; Oulhen, E.; Spada, G.; Leroux, S.; Penduff, T.; Bonaduce, A.; Roshin, R.; Mangini, F.; Storto, A.; Chunxue, Y.; Papasarafianou, S.; Schlaak, M.; Connors, S.; Melini, D. (9999): ESA Sea Level Budget Closure Climate Change Initiative (SLBC_cci): Constrained dataset. NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis, date of citation. https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/d9e614df708c40ee8ae097cdaf8279a0
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Data lineage:

This dataset is the continuity of the first phase of the SLBC_cci project. It provides the latest scientific estimates of sea level budget components. It includes global estimates for each component from 1993-2023 (the altimetry era) and regional estimates from 2002-2023 (the gravimetry era). Time dependent fields are displayed at monthly resolution for every component. Data were produced by the project team and supplied for archiving at the Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA).
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Title

Compilation of the ESA Climate Change Initiative Sea Level Budget Closure
Abstract

The compilation is a result from the Sea-level Budget Closure (SLBC_cci) project conducted in the framework of ESA’s Climate Change Initiative (CCI).
Data and methods underlying the time series are as follows:
(a) satellite altimetry analysis by the Sea Level CCI project.
(b) a new analysis of Argo drifter data with incorporation of sea surface temperature data; an alternative time series consists in an ensemble mean over previous global mean steric sea level anomaly time series.
(c) analysis of monthly global gravity field solutions from the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellite gravimetry mission.
(d) results from a global glacier model.
(e) analysis of satellite radar altimetry over the Greenland Ice Sheet, amended by results from the global glacier model for the Greenland peripheral glaciers; an alternative time series consists of results from GRACE satellite gravimetry.
(f) analysis of satellite radar altimetry over the Antarctic Ice Sheet; an alternative time series consists of results from GRACE satellite gravimetry.
(g) results from the WaterGAP global hydrological model.
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Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
1993-01-15T00:00:00
End time:
2022-12-15T23:59:59
Geographic Extent

 
90.0000°
  
-180.0000°
  
180.0000°
 
-90.0000°
  
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Principal Investigators (2)