The Global Sea Level Dynamics
摘要
The temporal evolution of the global mean sea level (GMSL) has been recently studied. This study was performed by using monthly mean averages derived from two distinct datasets: a reconstructed timeseries and a satellite altimeter timeseries. To examine the scaling characteristics of the dataset employed two established methodologies: detrended fluctuation analysis (DFA) and multifractal DFA (MF-DFA). The key finding of this study was that both timeseries of the global average sea level exhibit power-law long-range correlations as well as multifractality. Interestingly, the scaling features of the 134-year and the most recent 28-year GMSL-dataset were remarkably found similar, indicating that the long-range correlations may primarily arise from factors of nature. This highlighted the need for further extensive research on the association among the fluctuations of climate change and sea-level, as their indirect processes have significant implications for ecology and conservation.