Coldspot of Decelerated Sea-Level Rise on the Pacific Coast of North America

Parker Albert ()
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Parker Albert: School of Engineerig and Physical Science, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia

Quaestiones Geographicae, 2016, vol. 35, issue 3, 31-37

Abstract: We show here the presence of significant “coldspot” of sea level rise along the West Coast of the United States and Canada (including Alaska). The 30-years sea level for the area are mostly falling also at subsiding locations as San Francisco and Seattle where subsidence is responsible for a long term positive rate of rise. The 20 long term tide gauges of the area of length exceeding the 60-years length have a naïve average rate of rise −0.729 mm/year in the update 30-Apr-2015, down from −0.624 mm/year in the update 14-Feb-2014. Therefore, along the West Coast of the United States and Canada the sea levels are on average falling, and becoming more and more negative.

Keywords: sea level; measurements; tide gauges; West Coast of North America (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1515/quageo-2016-0024

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