Sea Level Change due to Groundwater Depletion


Conrad and Veit (2016) computed displacements of the geoid (sea surface) and the ground surface (solid earth displacement) due to continental groundwater loss into the oceans, from 1930-2015. The difference between these is relative sea level change (geoid-ground displacements). This website provides the Veit and Conrad (2016) model.

README file: README.txt
Geoid Displacement: geoid_disp.dat.gz
Ground Displacement: ground_disp.dat.gz
Relative Sea Level Change: rslc_disp.dat.gz

If you use this model, please cite our paper:
Veit, E., and C.P. Conrad (2016), The impact of groundwater depletion on spatial variations in sea level change during the past century, Geophysical Research Letters, 43, 3351-3359, doi:10.1029/2012GL068118. [online version] [reprint]