dc.contributor.author | MacIntosh, C. R. | |
dc.contributor.author | Merchant, C. J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Schuckmann, K. von | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-01-02T20:12:38Z | |
dc.date.available | 2024-01-02T20:12:38Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
dc.identifier.citation | MacIntosh, C.R., Merchant, C.J. and von Schuckmann, K. (2017) Uncertainties in Steric Sea Level Change Estimation during the Satellite Altimeter Era: Concepts and Practices. Surveys in Geophysics, 38, pp.59–87. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10712-016-9387-x | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://repository.oceanbestpractices.org/handle/11329/2412 | |
dc.description.abstract | This article presents a review of current practice in estimating steric sea level
change, focussed on the treatment of uncertainty. Steric sea level change is the contribution
to the change in sea level arising from the dependence of density on temperature and
salinity. It is a significant component of sea level rise and a reflection of changing ocean
heat content. However, tracking these steric changes still remains a significant challenge
for the scientific community. We review the importance of understanding the uncertainty
in estimates of steric sea level change. Relevant concepts of uncertainty are discussed and
illustrated with the example of observational uncertainty propagation from a single profile
of temperature and salinity measurements to steric height. We summarise and discuss the
recent literature on methodologies and techniques used to estimate steric sea level in the
context of the treatment of uncertainty. Our conclusions are that progress in quantifying
steric sea level uncertainty will benefit from: greater clarity and transparency in published
discussions of uncertainty, including exploitation of international standards for quantifying
and expressing uncertainty in measurement; and the development of community ‘‘recipes’’
for quantifying the error covariances in observations and from sparse sampling and for
estimating and propagating uncertainty across spatio-temporal scales. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.rights | Attribution 4.0 International | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | * |
dc.subject.other | In-situ observations | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Satellite altimetry | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Uncertainty | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Steric sea level | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Sea level | en_US |
dc.title | Uncertainties in Steric Sea Level Change Estimation During the Satellite Altimeter Era: Concepts and Practices. | en_US |
dc.type | Journal Contribution | en_US |
dc.description.refereed | Refereed | en_US |
dc.format.pagerange | pp.59-87 | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10712-016-9387-x | |
dc.subject.parameterDiscipline | Sea level | en_US |
dc.bibliographicCitation.title | Surveys in Geophysics | en_US |
dc.bibliographicCitation.volume | 38 | en_US |
dc.description.sdg | 14.a | en_US |
dc.description.maturitylevel | Mature | en_US |
dc.description.adoption | Validated (tested by third parties) | en_US |
dc.description.adoption | Multi-organisational | en_US |
dc.description.methodologyType | Reports with methodological relevance | en_US |
obps.contact.contactname | C. R. MacIntosh | |
obps.contact.contactemail | c.r.macintosh@reading.ac.uk | |
obps.resourceurl.publisher | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10712-016-9387-x | |