Open AccessGESLA Version 3: A major update to the global higher‐frequency sea‐level dataset
Author(s) -
Haigh Ivan D.,
Marcos Marta,
Talke Stefan A.,
Woodworth Philip L.,
Hunter John R.,
Hague Ben S.,
Arns Arne,
Bradshaw Elizabeth,
Thompson Philip
Publication year - 2023
Publication title -
geoscience data journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.125
H-Index - 11
ISSN - 2049-6060
DOI - 10.1002/gdj3.174
Subject(s) - storm surge , range (aeronautics) , storm , sea level , climatology , computer science , environmental science , meteorology , oceanography , geography , geology , engineering , aerospace engineering
This paper describes a major update to the quasi‐global, higher‐frequency sea‐level dataset known as GESLA (Global Extreme Sea Level Analysis). Versions 1 (released 2009) and 2 (released 2016) of the dataset have been used in many published studies, across a wide range of oceanographic and coastal engineering‐related investigations concerned with evaluating tides, storm surges, extreme sea levels, and other related processes. The third version of the dataset (released 2021), presented here, contains double the number of years of data, and nearly four times the number of records, compared to Version 2. The dataset consists of records obtained from multiple sources around the world. This paper describes the assembly of the dataset, its processing, and its format, and outlines potential future improvements.