Book description
Understanding Sea-Level Rise and Variability
identifies the major impacts of sea-level rise, presents up-to-date
assessments of past sea-level change, thoroughly explores all of the
factors contributing to sea-level rise, and explores how sea-level
extreme events might change. It identifies what is known in each area
and what research and observations are required to reduce the
uncertainties in our understanding of sea-level rise so that more
reliable future projections can be made. A synthesis of findings
provides a concise summary of past, present and future sea-level rise
and its impacts on society.
Key Features:
- Book includes contributions from a range of international sea
level experts
- Multidisciplinary
- Four color throughout
- Describes the limits of our understanding of this crucial issue as
well as pointing to directions for future research
The book is for everyone interested in sea-level rise and its
impacts, including policy makers, research funders, scientists,
students, coastal managers and engineers.
Additional resources for this book can be found at: http://www.
wiley. com/go/church/sealevel.
John Church
is an oceanographer with the Centre for Australian Weather and Climate
Research and the Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research
Centre. He was co-convening lead author for the chapter on sea level in
the IPCC Third Assessment Report. He was awarded the 2006 Roger Revelle
Medal by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, a CSIRO Medal
for Research Achievement in 2006, and the 2007 Eureka Prize for
Scientific Research.
Philip Woodworth works at the Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory
in Liverpool. He is a former Director of the Permanent Service for
Mean Sea Level (PSMSL) and Chairman of Global Sea Level Observing
System (GLOSS). He has been a lead or contributing author for each of
the IPCC Research Assessments. He was awarded the Denny Medal of
IMAREST in 2009 for innovation in sea-level technology and the Vening
Meinesz Medal of the European Geosciences Union in 2010 for work in geodesy.
Thorkild Aarup is Senior Program Specialist with the
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO and serves as
technical secretary for the Global Sea Level Observing System (GLOSS)
program. He has a PhD in oceanography from the University of Copenhagen.
Stan Wilson has managed programs during his career, first at
the Office of Naval Research where he led the Navy's basic research
program in physical oceanography, then at NASA Headquarters where he
established the Oceanography from Space program, and finally at NOAA
where he helped organize the 20-country coalition in support of the
Argo Program of profiling floats. Currently the Senior Scientist for
NOAA's Satellite & Information Service, he is helping transition
Jason satellite altimetry from research into a capability to be
sustained by the operational agencies NOAA and EUMETSAT.
