Global sea level rise? New techniques for the absolute sea level measurement

Abstract

A brief review is given of recent works on relative mean sea level, global sea level rising effect and the predictions to year 2100. The influence of vertical crustal movements to relative sea level is visible on the longest sea level records. Both modern space geodetic techniques and absolute gravity measurements have now achieved the accuracy within a centimeter that is compatible with the above quality of mean sea level. The extraction of land movements from the tide gauge record is possible within a decade, so the number of international project have been (etc. SELF) and will be (etc. MedGLOSS) launched with the aim to achieve the absolute sea level.