phase_of_global_average_sea_level_change

Global average sea level change is due to change in volume of the water in the ocean, caused by mass and/or density change, or to change in the volume of the ocean basins, caused by tectonics etc. It is sometimes called "eustatic", which is a term that also has other definitions. It differs from the change in the global average sea surface height relative to the centre of the Earth by the global average vertical movement of the ocean floor. Zero sea level change is an arbitrary level. Phase is the initial angle of a wave modelled by a sinusoidal function. A coordinate variable of harmonic_period should be used to specify the period of the sinusoidal wave.
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  • Proposal: Karl Taylor & Olivier Lauret [Standard name table update; Standard nam]
  • Proposal: Jonathan Gregory / Roy Lowry [Standard names for mean sea level change]

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