Using continuous GPS and absolute gravity to separate vertical land movements and changes in sea-level at tide-gauges in the UK

Philosophical Transactions. Series A, Mathematical, Physical, and Engineering Sciences
F N TeferleA H Dodson

Abstract

Researchers investigating climate change have used historical tide-gauge measurements from all over the world to investigate the changes in sea-level that have occurred over the last century or so. However, such estimates are a combination of any true sea-level variations and any vertical movements of the land at the specific tide-gauge. For a tide- gauge record to be used to determine the climate related component of changes in sea-level, it is therefore necessary to correct for the vertical land movement component of the observed change in sea-level.In 1990, the Institute of Engineering Surveying and Space Geodesy and Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory started developing techniques based on the Global Positioning System (GPS) for measuring vertical land movements (VLM) at tide-gauges in the UK. This paper provides brief details of these early developments and shows how they led to the establishment of continuous GPS (CGPS) stations at a number of tide-gauges. The paper then goes on to discuss the use of absolute gravity (AG), as an independent technique for measuring VLM at tide-gauges. The most recent results, from CGPS time-series dating back to 1997 and AG time-series dating back to 1995/1996, are then used to demonstrate t...Continue Reading

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Aug 27, 2014·Philosophical Transactions. Series A, Mathematical, Physical, and Engineering Sciences·Mark E TamisieaRichard M Bingley

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