A comparison of the annual cycle of sea level in coastal areas from gridded satellite altimetry and tide gauges
In this work we compare the annual component of sea level variations derived from 478 worldwide-distributed tide gauges with the annual component computed from a weekly gridded multi-mission altimeter product. Gridded altimetry data products allow for spatio-temporal analyses that are not possible b...
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paper:paper_02784343_v92_n_p87_RuizEtcheverry2023-06-08T15:26:50Z A comparison of the annual cycle of sea level in coastal areas from gridded satellite altimetry and tide gauges Altimetry Annual cycle Coastal area Sea level anomaly Tide gauges assessment method coastal current coastal zone comparative study satellite altimetry satellite data sea level change tide gauge Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Ocean (Southwest) In this work we compare the annual component of sea level variations derived from 478 worldwide-distributed tide gauges with the annual component computed from a weekly gridded multi-mission altimeter product. Gridded altimetry data products allow for spatio-temporal analyses that are not possible based on along-track altimetry data. However, a precise validation is necessary in the coastal region before the gridded data can be used. Results of the comparisons show that root-mean-square differences (RMSD) between the two datasets are ≤2. cm for 76.4% of the sites. RMSD higher than 4. cm are caused by narrow coastal currents, nearby river outflows or other local phenomena. A methodology is proposed to assess the accuracy of the seasonal component of the gridded altimeter product in regions with a low density net of tide gauges. As a case study it is shown that the Southwestern Atlantic coast is a suitable region to study the spatio-temporal variability of the annual cycle of sea level since RMSD between annual altimetry data and in-situ data are lower than 2.1. cm. © 2014 Elsevier Ltd. 2015 https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_02784343_v92_n_p87_RuizEtcheverry http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_02784343_v92_n_p87_RuizEtcheverry |
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Altimetry Annual cycle Coastal area Sea level anomaly Tide gauges assessment method coastal current coastal zone comparative study satellite altimetry satellite data sea level change tide gauge Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Ocean (Southwest) |
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Altimetry Annual cycle Coastal area Sea level anomaly Tide gauges assessment method coastal current coastal zone comparative study satellite altimetry satellite data sea level change tide gauge Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Ocean (Southwest) A comparison of the annual cycle of sea level in coastal areas from gridded satellite altimetry and tide gauges |
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Altimetry Annual cycle Coastal area Sea level anomaly Tide gauges assessment method coastal current coastal zone comparative study satellite altimetry satellite data sea level change tide gauge Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Ocean (Southwest) |
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In this work we compare the annual component of sea level variations derived from 478 worldwide-distributed tide gauges with the annual component computed from a weekly gridded multi-mission altimeter product. Gridded altimetry data products allow for spatio-temporal analyses that are not possible based on along-track altimetry data. However, a precise validation is necessary in the coastal region before the gridded data can be used. Results of the comparisons show that root-mean-square differences (RMSD) between the two datasets are ≤2. cm for 76.4% of the sites. RMSD higher than 4. cm are caused by narrow coastal currents, nearby river outflows or other local phenomena. A methodology is proposed to assess the accuracy of the seasonal component of the gridded altimeter product in regions with a low density net of tide gauges. As a case study it is shown that the Southwestern Atlantic coast is a suitable region to study the spatio-temporal variability of the annual cycle of sea level since RMSD between annual altimetry data and in-situ data are lower than 2.1. cm. © 2014 Elsevier Ltd. |
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A comparison of the annual cycle of sea level in coastal areas from gridded satellite altimetry and tide gauges |
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A comparison of the annual cycle of sea level in coastal areas from gridded satellite altimetry and tide gauges |
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A comparison of the annual cycle of sea level in coastal areas from gridded satellite altimetry and tide gauges |
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A comparison of the annual cycle of sea level in coastal areas from gridded satellite altimetry and tide gauges |
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A comparison of the annual cycle of sea level in coastal areas from gridded satellite altimetry and tide gauges |
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comparison of the annual cycle of sea level in coastal areas from gridded satellite altimetry and tide gauges |
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2015 |
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https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_02784343_v92_n_p87_RuizEtcheverry http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_02784343_v92_n_p87_RuizEtcheverry |
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