The acceleration of sea-level rise along the coast of the Netherlands started in the 1960s

Keizer, Iris; Le Bars, Dewi; de Valk, Cees; Jüling, André; van de Wal, Roderik; Drijfhout, Sybren

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/os-19-991-2023

Articles | Volume 19, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/os-19-991-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/os-19-991-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 19, issue 4

Research article

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06 Jul 2023

Research article |

| 06 Jul 2023

The acceleration of sea-level rise along the coast of the Netherlands started in the 1960s

Iris Keizer, Dewi Le Bars, Cees de Valk, André Jüling, Roderik van de Wal, and Sybren Drijfhout

Data sets

KNMI-sealevel/NetherlandsSeaLevelAcceleration: Zenodo integration Iris Keizer, Dewi Le Bars, André Jüling and Cees de Valk https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7994728

Model code and software

KNMI-sealevel/NetherlandsSeaLevelAcceleration: Zenodo integration Iris Keizer, Dewi Le Bars, André Jüling and Cees de Valk https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7994728

Short summary

Using tide gauge observations, we show that the acceleration of sea-level rise (SLR) along the coast of the Netherlands started in the 1960s but was masked by wind field and nodal-tide variations. This finding aligns with global SLR observations and expectations based on a physical understanding of SLR related to global warming.