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. 2016 Oct 24;43(20):10864–10872. doi: 10.1002/2016GL070750

Table 1.

Linear Trends (mm/yr) in the Individual Processes, Reconstructed and Observed Relative Sea Level for Both Regions, and the Global Mean Over 1958–a

North Sea Norway Global
Glaciers 0.26 ± 0.02 0.09 ± 0.02 0.44 ± 0.05
Greenland 0.00 ± 0.01 −0.04 ± 0.01 0.13 ± 0.02
Antarctica 0.08 ± 0.03 0.08 ± 0.03 0.07 ± 0.03
Dam retention −0.20 ± 0.03 −0.17 ± 0.03 −0.32 ± 0.05
Groundwater / natural 0.26 ± 0.04 0.27 ± 0.04 0.30 ± 0.05
Dynamic 0.75 ± 0.19 0.75 ± 0.19 0.73 ± 0.11
GIA 0.06 ± 0.02 −0.65 ± 0.16
‐GPSb −0.44 ± 0.10 −2.34 ± 0.18
‐VLM‐r 0.14 ± 0.10 −0.55 ± 0.18
Nodal cycle 0.03 ± 0.00 0.05 ± 0.00
Reconstructed RSL 1.37 ± 0.22 −0.17 ± 0.32 1.35 ± 0.15
Observed RSL 1.38 ± 0.29 −0.23 ± 0.31
a

Global mean dynamic sea level based on steric estimates from Levitus et al. [2012] and Purkey and Johnson [2010]. All errors represent 1σ.

b

Not part of the sum of contributors.