Countries With Sea Level Change - 5

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I. Background

The previous post of this series dealt with countries with multiple PSMSL coastline codes.

This post today deals with the remaining countries that have only one PSMSL coastline code.

China, for example, has only one PSMSL coastline code, even though it is a giant of a country.

So, to be thorough, I thought this post would tidy up a bit.

II. Appendices Galore

There are two types of appendices today.

The first is an HTML based display of the comparison between tide gauge sea level change (SLC) records and TEOS-10, i.e. Gibbs-SeaWater (GSW) Oceanographic Toolbox, calculated thermosteric volume change (tsSlc) which impacts upon SLC.

Those appendices are linked to in the first column ("Tide Gauge Data and Thermosteric Data") below in Section III.

The second set of appendices are linked to in the second column ("DNA" Graphs) below in Section III.

The second set is a graph of the "DNA" of SLC in the countries featured in the first set of appendices.

Thus, there is a comparison between the major SLC factor (ice melting) and the minor SLC factor (ocean warming induced ocean volume change), as well as a graph of the attributes of SLC which are sea level fall (SLF) and sea level rise (SLR).

III. Links to Appendices

Tide Gauge Data and Thermosteric Data	"DNA" Graphs
Countries: A - C	A - C
Countries: D - G	D - G
Countries: H - L	H - L
Countries: M - O	M - O
Countries: P - T	P - T
Countries: U - Y	U - Y

IV. Closing Comments

The first set of appendices have an explanation of their contents.

It is located at the top of each appendix.

The second set are graphs a la Beyond Fingerprints: Sea Level DNA - 3 except that today's graphs, as I wrote above, are graphs of SLC in countries with only one coastline code.

The number of coastline codes, as you will see, gives no indication of the size of a country.

Small countries can have more coastline codes than large countries, and vice versa.

That is why I think PSMSL made the coastline code system based on characteristics of the coastlines.

Anyway, there is a lot of interesting information in the graphs, which as usual are presented as a public service of Dredd Blog.

The previous post in this series is here.