Reconstructing sea level from paleo and projected temperatures 200 to 2100 ad

Grinsted, A.; Moore, J.C.; Jevrejeva, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9490-4665. 2010 Reconstructing sea level from paleo and projected temperatures 200 to 2100 ad. Climate Dynamics, 34 (4). 461-472. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-008-0507-2

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Abstract/Summary

We use a physically plausible four parameter linear response equation to relate 2,000 years of global temperatures and sea level. We estimate likelihood distributions of equation parameters using Monte Carlo inversion, which then allows visualization of past and future sea level scenarios. The model has good predictive power when calibrated on the pre-1990 period and validated against the high rates of sea level rise from the satellite altimetry. Future sea level is projected from intergovernmental panel on climate change (IPCC) temperature scenarios and past sea level from established multi-proxy reconstructions assuming that the established relationship between temperature and sea level holds from 200 to 2100 ad. Over the last 2,000 years minimum sea level (−19 to −26 cm) occurred around 1730 ad, maximum sea level (12–21 cm) around 1150 ad. Sea level 2090–2099 is projected to be 0.9 to 1.3 m for the A1B scenario, with low probability of the rise being within IPCC confidence limits.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-008-0507-2
Programmes:	POL Programmes
ISSN:	0930-7575
NORA Subject Terms:	Marine Sciences
Date made live:	22 Aug 2012 10:01 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/19332

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