Author(s): John Fasullo, National Center for Atmospheric Research (First Author, Presenting Author) R Steven Nerem, Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences Christopher Little, Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc. Kristopher Karnauskas, University of Colorado Boulder Sloan Coats, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Peter Gent, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research Ashley Bellas-Manley, University of Colorado Boulder
Sea level trends retrieved from altimetry are a benchmark metric of climate change. Here the ability of a model to capture this pattern is shown to be greatly improved when run at high resolution (0.1 degree), confirming a La Niña-like response to climate change over recent decades.