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NOAA and NASA Begin Sea Level Rise Project

Friday June 12, 2020

NGS Chief Geodesist Dan Roman participated in a kick-off meeting for a joint NASA-NOAA project to separate vertical land motion (VLM) from apparent sea level rise (SLR) along shorelines. NGS's expertise on VLM will improve understanding of relative SLR - in other words, how the sea level is changing in relation to vertical motion on land. This project group will meet weekly for the next 2 to 3 years with the goal of enhancing the NOAA Sea Level Rise Viewer and providing improved information for coastal and emergency planners.

For more information, contact: Dan Roman