sea level monitoring News
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A Superior Sensor for Non-Contact Water Level Measurement
Senix ToughSonic® Ultrasonic Transmitters perform water monitoring with “non-contact” technology that monitors the water surface from above. These sensors are used in open air, closed tanks, and in stilling tubes that constrain the sound and improve performance. They can be used with Reference Target Temperature Compensation technology to reduce diurnal effects from sunshine, wind ...
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Global sea level rise monitoring secured for next decade
The transatlantic Jason-3 Programme has now been approved by EUMETSAT Member States thus ensuring a continuation of the series of measurements made by the Jason-2 satellite and its predecessors in support of meteorology, operational oceanography and in particular the monitoring of the sea level trend, a key indicator of climate change. Nineteen EUMETSAT Member States have agreed to subscribe to ...
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Australia announces funding priorities for Pacific climate change adaptation
The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Stephen Smith, and the Minister for Climate Change and Water, Penny Wong, today announced funding priorities to assist Pacific Island countries to meet the immediate challenges of climate change. The Government has previously announced $150 million for the International Climate Change Adaptation Initiative. The Initiative aims to meet high priority climate ...
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Successful two week mission in the North Sea for autonomous vehicle
The world’s first autonomous robotic vessel to measure sea level completes a successful two week mission in the North Sea. A team of scientists and engineers from the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) and Newcastle University (NU) have developed a novel technique to measure sea surface height directly using Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) technology in combination with a marine ...
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Communities urged to prepare for worst east coast tidal surge in 30 years
Communities along the length of the east coast of England should be braced for the most serious coastal tidal surge for over 30 years. The Environment Agency and Met Office are warning that gale-force winds, large waves and a tidal surge caused by low pressure will combine with high tides tomorrow (Thursday), throughout Friday and to Saturday morning, bringing a risk of significant coastal ...
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Communities urged to prepare for coastal flooding
Communities along the north east coast of England, including Yorkshire and the north coast of Norfolk, should prepare for the risk of coastal flooding. The Environment Agency and Met Office are forecasting that gale-force winds and large waves will combine with spring tides and a large surge later on Thursday and through Friday. This brings a risk of significant coastal flooding. Areas at risk ...
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6th December 17:00 Up-date: Reduced risk of flooding to east coast
More than 800,000 properties in England protected by flood defences Following the most serious coastal tidal surge for over 60 years, the flood risk to the east coast of England is now much reduced, the Environment Agency has said. Around 1,400 properties are estimated to have flooded in the past 24 hours however defences have protected at least 800,000 homes and businesses in England. The ...
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Each degree of global warming might ultimately raise global sea levels by more than 2 meters
Greenhouse gases emitted today will cause sea level to rise for centuries to come. Each degree of global warming is likely to raise sea level by more than 2 meters in the future, a study now published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows. While thermal expansion of the ocean and melting mountain glaciers are the most important factors causing sea-level change today, the ...
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Spring tides and storms increase risk of further flooding across the region
The Environment Agency is urging communities to remain vigilant during this weekend’s stormy weather and high tides. Significant disruption could occur in vulnerable areas throughout the South West. The Environment Agency has been liaising with the Met Office to understand the impact these might have in the region. Based on current forecasts, it is unlikely that these tides will cause ...
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Environment Agency issues further severe flood warnings from North Lincolnshire to Kent
Further severe flood warnings have been issued this afternoon as the most serious coastal tidal surge for over 60 years begins to hit the North Sea coastline. There are now 41 severe flood warnings in place – the highest category – with three severe flood warnings issued this afternoon for the Kent coast, from Sheerness to Deal. Significant impacts from flooding are expected, with ...
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Water management planning approach deals with deep uncertainties
More adaptive approaches to planning could help policymakers deal with deep uncertainties about the future of our planet. Researchers have developed a method for adaptive planning which they suggest could protect against failure when future predictions turn out to be inaccurate. They illustrate their approach using the case of water management in the Rhine Delta region of the Netherlands. It is ...
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Environment Agency issues severe flood warnings for coastal flooding
The Environment Agency has (as of 1600 Thursday) issued 12 severe flood warnings for coastal communities as strong winds combine with high tides and large waves from the early hours of tomorrow (Friday 3 January). Severe flood warnings – the highest category of warning – indicate a danger to life and property and have been issued for the following locations as of 1600: Cornwall: ...
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Communities along the west and south coasts urged to prepare for possible coastal flooding
The Environment Agency is warning coastal communities along the south and west coasts of England to remain vigilant and alert for possible tidal flooding between Friday and Sunday, as strong winds combine with high tides and large waves. This could lead to localised spray and wave over-topping at exposed coastal locations and promenades, and the risk of flooding to properties and low lying land. ...
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6th December 10:30 Update: Severe flood warnings remain in force
Communities along the east coast urged to remain prepared for further flooding Significant flooding along the east coast of England is expected to continue today (Friday), as the most serious coastal tidal surge for over 60 years will continue to affect communities today. Parts of North Yorkshire, the East Riding of Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex and Kent are at greatest risk ...
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Whistling wormholes discovered in the Caribbean
National Oceanography Centre scientists have discovered the Caribbean Sea works like a whistle. This finding will enable scientists to predict some sea level changes many months in advance, and may be an important factor in regulating how the Gulf Stream varies. This research, published today in Geophysical Research Letters, has found the Caribbean Current flow is unstable, which causes it to ...
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Ocean heat drives surge to global warming record
It’s official, even though it won’t be conclusive for a few months yet: if present trends continue, 2014 will be one of the hottest years on record − and quite possibly the hottest of them all. Preliminary estimates by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) − published to provide information to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change annual round of ...
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EUMETSAT launches into operational satellite altimetry
Preparations are on track and everything is on schedule for the launch of Jason-2 15 June 2008. Through the Jason-2/OSTM programme, EUMETSAT will be able to address one of its top priorities - assuming a growing European role in the processing and dissemination of ocean altimetry data from satellite sources, to expand its traditional focus on supporting atmospheric weather and climate ...
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Satellite will improve weather, climate and ocean forecasts, say NASA
A new NASA-French space agency oceanography satellite was lofted into space from Vandenberg Air Force Base early last Friday morning on a three year mission to record sea level, a vital indicator of global climate change. The mission is expected to return a vast amount of new data that will allow greater precision in weather, climate and ocean forecasts. Jason-2, or the Ocean Surface Topography ...
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International Team to Drill Beneath Massive Antarctic Ice Shelf
An international team of researchers funded by NASA and the National Science Foundation (NSF) will travel next month to one of Antarctica's most active, remote and harsh spots to determine how changes in the waters circulating under an active ice sheet are causing a glacier to accelerate and drain into the sea. The science expedition will be the most extensive ever deployed to Pine Island ...
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Auditing the Earth`s sea-level and energy budgets
An international research team has balanced the sea-level rise budget by showing that the total amount of contributions to sea level rise explains the measured rise over recent decades. Scientists have accounted for all the contributions to global sea-level rise in a study that balances the sea-level rise ‘budget’ and explains the observed rise over recent decades. In work ...
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