Vision of a Clock-Based Network for Absolute Sea Level Monitoring

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Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationTogether Again for Geodesy - Proceedings of the General Assembly of the International Association of Geodesy, 2023
EditorsJeffrey T. Freymueller, Laura Sánchez
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages323-330
Number of pages8
ISBN (electronic)978-3-031-91167-5
ISBN (print)9783031911668
Publication statusPublished - 11 Jul 2025
EventInternational Union of Geodesy and Geophysics General Assembly, IUGG 2023 - Messe Berlin, CityCube, Berlin, Germany
Duration: 12 Jul 202320 Jul 2023
Conference number: 28
https://www.iugg2023berlin.org/

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NameInternational Association of Geodesy Symposia
Volume157
ISSN (Print)0939-9585
ISSN (electronic)2197-9359

Abstract

Global sea level shows an increasing trend for several decades driven mainly by climate change. Absolute Sea Level (ASL) changes can only be extracted from Relative Sea Level (RSL) measurements with proper reduction of vertical land movements of the bench marks. Atomic clocks at those tide gauges can potentially provide the absolute, near real-time physical height change. High-performance clocks with an uncertainty of 10−18 enable a height measurement with 1 cm accuracy. As RSL is related to regional tidal datums, one has to account for the local variations to obtain a globally consistent measurement of ASL. Hence, by incorporating land motion from clock observations, one can establish a consistent and uniform reference datum for assessing geoid-based absolute sea level changes worldwide.

Keywords

    Absolute sea level, Atomic clocks, Physical height, Relative sea level, Relativistic geodesy

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Vision of a Clock-Based Network for Absolute Sea Level Monitoring. / Vincent, Asha; Müller, Jürgen.
Together Again for Geodesy - Proceedings of the General Assembly of the International Association of Geodesy, 2023. ed. / Jeffrey T. Freymueller; Laura Sánchez. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2025. p. 323-330 (International Association of Geodesy Symposia; Vol. 157).

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Vincent, A & Müller, J 2025, Vision of a Clock-Based Network for Absolute Sea Level Monitoring. in JT Freymueller & L Sánchez (eds), Together Again for Geodesy - Proceedings of the General Assembly of the International Association of Geodesy, 2023. International Association of Geodesy Symposia, vol. 157, Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, pp. 323-330, International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics General Assembly, IUGG 2023, Berlin, Berlin, Germany, 12 Jul 2023. https://doi.org/10.1007/1345_2024_265
Vincent, A., & Müller, J. (2025). Vision of a Clock-Based Network for Absolute Sea Level Monitoring. In J. T. Freymueller, & L. Sánchez (Eds.), Together Again for Geodesy - Proceedings of the General Assembly of the International Association of Geodesy, 2023 (pp. 323-330). (International Association of Geodesy Symposia; Vol. 157). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. https://doi.org/10.1007/1345_2024_265
Vincent A, Müller J. Vision of a Clock-Based Network for Absolute Sea Level Monitoring. In Freymueller JT, Sánchez L, editors, Together Again for Geodesy - Proceedings of the General Assembly of the International Association of Geodesy, 2023. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. 2025. p. 323-330. (International Association of Geodesy Symposia). doi: 10.1007/1345_2024_265
Vincent, Asha ; Müller, Jürgen. / Vision of a Clock-Based Network for Absolute Sea Level Monitoring. Together Again for Geodesy - Proceedings of the General Assembly of the International Association of Geodesy, 2023. editor / Jeffrey T. Freymueller ; Laura Sánchez. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2025. pp. 323-330 (International Association of Geodesy Symposia).
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