Articles | Volume 14, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-14-205-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-14-205-2018
Research article
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15 Mar 2018
Research article |  | 15 Mar 2018

Orbit-related sea level errors for TOPEX altimetry at seasonal to decadal timescales

Saskia Esselborn, Sergei Rudenko, and Tilo Schöne

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AR by Saskia Esselborn on behalf of the Authors (03 Nov 2017)  Manuscript 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (18 Nov 2017) by John M. Huthnance
RR by Nikita P. Zelensky (19 Dec 2017)
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AR by Saskia Esselborn on behalf of the Authors (25 Jan 2018)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (31 Jan 2018) by John M. Huthnance
AR by Saskia Esselborn on behalf of the Authors (05 Feb 2018)  Manuscript 
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Global and regional sea level changes are the subject of public and scientific concern. Sea level data from satellite radar altimetry rely on precise knowledge of the orbits. We assess the orbit-related uncertainty of sea level on seasonal to decadal timescales for the 1990s from a set of TOPEX/Poseidon orbit solutions. Orbit errors may hinder the estimation of global mean sea level rise acceleration. The uncertainty of sea level trends due to orbit errors reaches regionally up to 1.2 mm yr−1.