Higher Sea Level Rise in Western Pacific

Figure 23.8

This figure appears in chapter 23 of the Climate Change Impacts in the United States: The Third National Climate Assessment report.

http://nca2014.globalchange.gov/highlights/regions/hawaii/graphics/higher-sea-level-rise-western-pacific

Map shows large variations across the Pacific Ocean in sea level trends for 1993-2010. The largest sea level increase has been observed in the western Pacific. (Figure source: adapted from Merrifield 2011ef9a0ca6-0996-46b5-aed6-fff7e8f9a1bd by permission of American Meteorological Society).

When citing this figure, please reference adapted from Merrifield 2011ef9a0ca6-0996-46b5-aed6-fff7e8f9a1bd by permission of American Meteorological Society.

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This figure was created on November 12, 2013.

This figure was derived from A Shift in Western Tropical Pacific Sea Level Trends during the 1990s .

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• A Shift in Western Tropical Pacific Sea Level Trends during the 1990s (ef9a0ca6)

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