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Reconstructed Sea Level Version 1

Metadata Updated: April 9, 2026

The Reconstructed Sea Level dataset contains sea level anomalies derived from satellite altimetry and tide gauges. The satellite altimetric record provides accurate measurements of sea level with near-global coverage, but it has a relatively short time span, since 1993. Tide gauges have measured sea level over the last 200 years, with some records extending back to 1807, but they only provide regional coverage, not global. Combining satellite altimetry with tide gauges, using a technique known as sea level reconstruction, results in a dataset with the record length of the tide gauges and the near-global coverage of satellite altimetry. Cyclostationary empirical orthogonal functions (CSEOFs), derived from satellite altimetry, are combined with historical sea level measurements from tide gauges to create the Reconstructed Sea Level dataset spanning from 1950 through 2009. Combining the altimetric and tide gauge records alleviates the difficulties caused by the short record length and poor spatial distribution of the satellite altimetry and tide gauges, respectively. Previous sea level reconstructions have utilized empirical orthogonal functions (EOFs) as basis functions, but by using CSEOFs and by addressing other aspects of the reconstruction procedure, an alternative sea level reconstruction can be computed. The resulting reconstructed sea level dataset has weekly temporal resolution and half-degree spatial resolution. For specific information on the algorithm and how the CSEOFs are applied to the tide gauge data please see Hamlington et al. 2011.

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Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: See this page for license information.

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Dates

Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
Metadata Updated Date April 9, 2026

Metadata Source

Harvested from NASA Data.json

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
Metadata Updated Date April 9, 2026
Publisher University of Colorado, Boulder;NASA/JPL/PODAAC
Maintainer
Identifier 10.5067/RECSL-000V1
Data Last Modified 2026-04-06
Category Earth Science
Public Access Level public
Bureau Code 026:00
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Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
License https://www.usa.gov/government-works
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Program Code 026:000
Source Datajson Identifier True
Source Hash 1cbb1c186ece8fff0a294255eaf42f4f3d04256f042e6b77fa8621b8f70ef643
Source Schema Version 1.1
Spatial
Temporal 1950-01-03/2009-06-27

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