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sea level trends

Mean Sea Level Trend
1612340 Honolulu, Hawaii

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The mean sea level trend is 1.50 millimeters/year with a 95% confidence
interval of +/- 0.25 mm/yr based on monthly mean sea level data from
1905 to 2006 which is equivalent to a change of 0.49 feet in 100 years.


The plot shows the monthly mean sea level without the regular seasonal fluctuations due to coastal ocean temperatures, salinities, winds, atmospheric pressures, and ocean currents. The long-term linear trend is also shown, including its 95% confidence interval. The plotted values are relative to the most recent Mean Sea Level datum established by CO-OPS. The calculated trends for all stations are available as a table in millimeters/year or a table in feet/century (0.3 meters = 1 foot).

If present, solid vertical lines indicate times of any major earthquakes in the vicinity of the station and dashed vertical lines bracket any periods of questionable data.

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Average
seasonal
cycle
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Interannual
variation
for all data
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Interannual
variation
since 1980
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Variation
of 50-year mean
sea level trends



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