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Coastal sea level rise at Senetosa (Corsica) during the Jason altimetry missions
Yvan Gouzenes
LEGOS, Toulouse, France
Fabien Léger
LEGOS, Toulouse, France
Anny Cazenave
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
LEGOS, Toulouse, France
ISSI, Bern, Switzerland
Florence Birol
LEGOS, Toulouse, France
Pascal Bonnefond
Observatoire de Paris-SYRTE, Paris, France
Marcello Passaro
TUM, Munich, Germany
Fernando Nino
LEGOS, Toulouse, France
Rafael Almar
LEGOS, Toulouse, France
Olivier Laurain
Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur-Géoazur, Sophia-Antipolis, France
Christian Schwatke
TUM, Munich, Germany
Jean-François Legeais
CLS, Ramonville Saint Agne, France
Jérôme Benveniste
ESA-ESRIN, Frascati, Italy
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Short summary
This study provides for the first time estimates of sea level anomalies very close to the coastline based on high-resolution retracked altimetry data, as well as corresponding sea level trends, over a 14-year time span. This new information has so far not been provided by standard altimetry data.
This study provides for the first time estimates of sea level anomalies very close to the...
