global_mean_steric_sea_level_change
under discussion
Created: 17 Jul 2024
Proposer: Jonathan Gregory
Proposed Date: 2024-06-26
Change Date: 17 Jul 2024, 12:11 p.m.
Term: global_average_steric_sea_level_change
Unit: m
Unit ref: ULAA
AMIP:
GRIB:
Global average steric sea level change is caused by changes in sea water density due to changes in temperature (thermosteric) and salinity (halosteric). This in turn results in a change in volume of the world ocean. Zero sea level change is an arbitrary level. Because global average sea level change quantifies the change in volume of the world ocean, it is not calculated necessarily by considering local changes in mean sea level.
Change Date: 17 Jul 2024, 12:21 p.m.
Term: global_mean_steric_sea_level_change
Unit: m
Unit ref: ULAA
AMIP:
GRIB:
Global average steric sea level change is caused by changes in sea water density due to changes in temperature (thermosteric) and salinity (halosteric). This in turn results in a change in volume of the world ocean. Zero sea level change is an arbitrary level. Because global average sea level change quantifies the change in volume of the world ocean, it is not calculated necessarily by considering local changes in mean sea level.