Climate and Forecast Standard Names
type: ConceptScheme
has top concept: global_average_steric_sea_level_change

global_average_steric_sea_level_change
type: Concept
top concept of: Climate and Forecast Standard Names
note: Mapping to be determined
source: cf-standard-name-table.html
in scheme: Climate and Forecast Standard Names
definition: Global average steric sea level change is caused by changes in sea water density due to changes in temperature (thermosteric) and salinity (halosteric). This in turn results in a change in volume of the world ocean. Zero sea level change is an arbitrary level. Because global average sea level change quantifies the change in volume of the world ocean, it is not calculated necessarily by considering local changes in mean sea level.