mean sea level
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Last year, the global mean sea level was around 11 centimetres higher than when satellite altimetry records began in 1993.
From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026
Maximum projected distant-source tsunamis could bring waves of 15 feet above mean sea level to the Santa Monica Pier and Marina del Rey and 32 feet at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 30, 2025
The fjords plunge 4,856 feet and 2,034 feet, respectively, below the global mean sea level.
From Scientific American • Nov. 3, 2023
The last of the helicopter’s data transmissions sent every three minutes indicated it was traveling in a northwesterly direction at an altitude of 144 feet above mean sea level at 107 mph, the report said.
From Washington Times • Aug. 9, 2023
The geoid is above the ellipsoid of reference under mountains and it is below the ellipsoid on the oceans, where the geoid coincides with mean sea level.
From Development of Gravity Pendulums in the 19th Century Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, Papers 34-44 On Science and Technology, Smithsonian Institution, 1966 by Lenzen, Victor Fritz
