ARSET - Sea Level Change Tools for Planning and Decision Support
- English
Description
Global sea level has been rising at a rate of 3 mm/yr as a result of climate change, and this rate will continue to increase sea level over the next century. Scientists use observations from the ground, air, and space, along with theoretical models and scenarios of future emissions, to monitor and study past, present, and future sea-level rise. This information is a fundamental basis for mitigation, adaptation, and risk management planning in all parts of the world and across many elements of society and ecosystems. This two-part introductory webinar series will focus on NASA products and tools available to assess historical sea-level rise, access and understand projections of sea level, and investigate impacts. Participants will be exposed to the causes behind regional and global sea-level changes and explore climate and analysis tools to access, visualize, and perform statistical analysis using NASA data.
Objective
By the end of this training attendees will be able to:
- Identify underlying Earth processes contributing to global and regional, relative sea-level change.
- Recognize remote sensing and modeled data used for assessing sea level change on a regional to global scale.
- Identify how sea level change influences flooding at the coast and how this may impact communities and infrastructure.
- Use the Sea Level Explorer tool to assess the processes that are contributing to past and future sea-level change, both at global and regional scales.
- Use the IPCC AR6 Projection Tool to access future projections of relative sea-level change under different emissions scenarios.
- Use the Pacific Islands Flooding Tool to visualize oceanic and groundwater flooding maps.
Audience
- Primary: Local, state, federal, and international entities, including public and private sector organizations, wanting to integrate NASA Earth observations and IPCC projections of sea-level change, as well as impacts, for considerations into their climate change work in different sectors; as well as any practitioners of sea-level observations or projections.
- Secondary: Academics and researchers interested in NASA observations and IPCC projections of sea-level change, as well as impacts.
Course Format
- Two, 1.5-hour parts
- An identical session for each part will be offered at two different times of day (11:00-12:30 and 14:00-15:30 EDT [UTC-4]).
- A certificate of attendance will be offered to those who attend both parts live and complete the homework by the due date.