Dr John Church
Program Leader, Sea Level Rise

03 6232 5207
john.church@csiro.au
The Sea Level Rise program estimates sea level rise this century, including increases in storm surges for coastal areas in Australia and its neighbours.

SEA-LEVEL RISE PROGRAM (SLR): OVERVIEW


SLR-01: Observations of Sea Level Rise
New estimates arising from this project help test our understanding of historical sea-level rise and build confidence in projections of future sea-level rise.

SLR-02: Estimates of Ocean Thermal Expansion
Increased confidence in our understanding of 20th century sea-level rise is dependent on more accurate estimates of observed 20th century thermal expansion and the confirmation that climate models are realistically simulating the observations. This project will result in reduced uncertainty of future projections of thermal expansion.

SLR-03: Ice Sheet and Glacier Contributions
The principal goal of this project is to deliver more robust estimates of the state of this balance for the Antarctic and Greenland continents during the 20th and 21st centuries. Modelling of the response of these ice sheets to climate change will also deliver estimates of future longer-term contributions to change in sea level from the Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets.

SLR-04: Modelling Extreme Events
The goal of this project is to determine how future changes in severe weather systems and rising sea levels due to climate change may affect the frequency and intensity of extreme sea-level events such as storm surges, coastal erosion and flooding around Australia and selected South Pacific locations.