Sea Level




Under Construction


Publications:

Ford, M., M. A. Merrifield, and J. M. Becker (2018), Inundation of a low-lying urban atoll island: Majuro, Marshall Islands, Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, 91(3), 1273-1296.

Merrifield, M. A., and P. R. Thompson (2018), Interdecadal sea level variations in the Pacific: Distinctions between the tropics and extratropics, Geophys. Res. Lett., 45, 6604-6610, https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL077666.

Cazenave et al. (2018), Global sea-level budget 1993-present, Earth System Science Data, 10, 1551-1590, doi:10.5194/essd-10-1551-2018.

Thompson, P. R., M. J. Widlansky, M. A. Merrifield, J. M. Becker, and J. J. Marra (2019), A statistical model for frequency of coastal flooding in Honolulu, Hawaii, during the 21st century, J. Geophys. Res., 124, 2787-2802.

Woodworth, P. L., A. Melet, M. Marcos, R. D. Ray, G. Wöppelmann, Y. N. Sasaki, M. Cirano, A. Hibbert, J. M. Huthnance, S. Monserrat, and M. A. Merrifield (2019), Forcing Factors Affecting Sea Level Changes at the Coast, Surveys in Geophysicshttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10712-019-09531-1.

Ponte, R. et al. (2019), Towards comprehensive observing and modeling systems for monitoring and predicting regional to coastal sea level, Frontiers in Marine Science, 6:437. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00437.

Ray, R. D., and M. A. Merrifield (2019), The semiannual and 4.4-year modulation of extreme high tides, J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 124, 1-16. 

Piecuch, C. G., P. R. Thompson, R. M. Ponte, M. A. Merrifield, and B. D. Hamlington (2019), What caused recent shifts in tropical Pacific decadal sea-level trends?, J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 124, 7575-7590,  https://doi.org.10.1029/2019JC015339.

Cazenave, A., B. Hamlington, M. Horwath, V. Barletta, J. Benveniste, D. Chambers, P. Döll, A. Hogg, J. F. Legeais, M. Merrifield, B. Meyssignac, G. Mitchum, S. Nerem, R. Pail, H. Palanisamy, F. Paul, K. von Schuckmann, P. Thompson (2019), Observational requirements for long-term monitoring of the global mean sea level and its components, Front. Mar. Sci.https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00582.

Long, X., M. J. Widlansky, F. Schloesser, P. R. Thompson, H. Annamalai, M. A. Merrifield, and H. Yoon (2020), Higher sea levels at Hawaii caused by strong El Nino and weak trade winds, J. Climate, 33, 3037-3059.

Hamlington et al. (2020), Understanding of contemporary regional sea level change and the implications for the future, Rev. of Geophys., 58(3), https://doi.org/10.1029/2019RG000672.