Sea level rise : history and consequences / [edited by] Bruce C. Douglas, Michael S. Kearney, Stephen P. Leatherman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Douglas, B. C. (Bruce C.)

Kearney, Michael S.

Leatherman, Stephen P.

Series:

International geophysics series ; v. 75.

International geophysics series ; v. 75

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sea level.

Physical Description:

xix, 232 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm 1 computer optical disc (4 3/4 in.)

4 3/4 in.

polychrome

Other Title:

Sea-level rise

Place of Publication:

San Diego ; London : Academic Press, [2001]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

CD-ROM contains "... monthly mean tide gauge data, ... corrections for GIA, ... [and] animated presentation of global sea surface temperature anomalies during the years 1982-1999 ... in the form of text files or Web sites.--p. xix.

Contents:

Chapter 1 An Introduction to Sea Level / Bruce C. Douglas

1.1 The Importance of Sea Level Rise 1

1.2 Sea Level and Geoid 3

1.3 Characteristics of Sea Level Records 7

Chapter 2 Late Holocene Sea Level Variations / Michael S. Kearney

2.2 Evidence for Past Sea Levels: The Data and the Conclusions Drawn 14

2.2.1 Geomorphic Features 14

2.2.2 Transgressive Sequences 15

2.2.3 Biological Indicators of Sea Level Change 17

2.2.4 Archaeological Data 20

2.2.5 Intertidal Deposits: Coastal Marshes 22

2.3 The Historical Record as Evidence for Sea Level Variation 25

2.4 The Late Holocene Sea Level Record 26

2.4.1 Smooth (Nonoscillating) Sea Level Curves or "Shepherd Curves" 27

2.4.2 Oscillating Sea Level Curves: The South Carolina Coast 29

2.5 The Question of Higher Sea Levels Than Present during the Late Holocene 30

Chapter 3 Sea Level Change in the Era of the Recording Tide Gauge / Bruce C. Douglas

3.2 Tide Gauges and Their Data 40

3.3 Interpreting Sea Level Records 43

3.4 Tide Gauge Records Suitable for Global Sea Level Analyses 55

3.5 Acceleration of Global Sea Level in the 20th Century 59

Chapter 4 Global Glacial Isostatic Adjustment and Modern Instrumental Records of Relative Sea Level History / W. R. Peltier

4.2 The Modern Global Theory of the Glacial Isostatic Adjustment Process 68

4.3 Global Properties of Present-Day Signatures of the GIA Process: Tuning the Model 73

4.4 GIA-Decontaminated Tide Gauge Estimates of the Rate of Global Sea Level Rise 81

4.5 Implications of the Mid-Holocene Highstand of Sea Level at Sites Distant from the Main Concentrations of LGM Land Ice 86

Chapter 5 Impoundment, Groundwater Mining, and Other Hydrologic Transformations: Impacts on Global Sea Level Rise / Vivien Gornitz

5.1.1 An Overview of the Land Hydrologic Cycle 98

5.1.2 Anthropogenic Changes in Runoff and Sea Level Rise 100

5.2 Processes That Increase River Runoff 101

5.2.1 Groundwater Mining 101

5.2.2 Urbanization 103

5.2.3 Water Released by Oxidation of Fossil Fuels and Vegetation 104

5.2.4 Changes in Runoff Due to Deforestation 106

5.2.5 Wetlands 107

5.3 Processes That Reduce Runoff 108

5.3.1 Reservoirs 108

5.3.2 Irrigation 111

5.4.1 Modeling Transformations of the Land Hydrological Cycle 114

5.4.2 Hydrologic Monitoring by Satellites 115

Chapter 6 Observations of Sea Level Change from Satellite Altimetry / R. Steven Nerem, Gary T. Mitchum

6.1.1 Tide Gauges and Satellite Altimetry 121

6.1.2 History of Satellite Altimetry 123

6.1.3 Organization of This Chapter 124

6.2 The Altimeter Measurement 125

6.2.1 Measurement Description 125

6.2.2 The Satellite Orbit 128

6.2.3 Effects of the Atmosphere 131

6.2.4 Other Measurement Corrections 133

6.2.5 Error Sources in Satellite Altimetry 135

6.3 Calibrating the Measurement 137

6.3.1 Calibration Overview 137

6.3.2 Using Tide Gauges for Calibration 139

6.4 Results from the TOPEX/POSEIDON Mission 146

6.4.1 Overview of the Achievements of TOPEX/POSEIDON 146

6.4.2 Measuring Changes in Global Mean Sea Level 148

6.4.3 Calibrating the Mean Sea Level Measurements 150

6.4.4 Comparison to Sea Surface Temperature Changes 151

6.4.5 Spatial Variations 153

6.5 The Future 155

6.5.1 Contribution to Climate Research 155

6.5.2 The Future of Satellite Altimetry 157

Chapter 7 Decadal Variability of Sea Level / W. Sturges, B. G. Hong

7.1.1 Magnitude of the Long-Term Rise of Sea Level 168

7.1.2 Determining a Change in the Rate of Sea Level Rise 170

7.2 A Closer Examination of Some Important Details: Low-Frequency Waves in the Ocean 172

7.2.1 Observed Signals in the Atlantic Ocean 172

7.2.2 A Rossby Wave Model 172

7.2.3 Observed Signals in the Pacific Ocean 175

7.3 The Underlying Physics of the Problem 175

7.3.1 Correcting Observed Sea Level Rise for Wind-Induced Decadal Signals 177

Chapter 8 Social and Economic Costs of Sea Level Rise / Stephen P. Leatherman

8.2 Data Considerations 184

8.3 Sandy Beach Erosion 188

8.4 Coastal Wetlands 196

8.5 Deltaic Coasts 199

8.6 Small Island Vulnerability 203

8.7 The Chesapeake Bay: A Case Study 209

8.7.1 Western Shore of Maryland 211

8.7.2 Eastern Shore of Maryland 212

8.7.3 Bay Island Communities 215.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0122213459

OCLC:

44915793