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Trends of sea level in the Bay of Bengal using altimetry and other complementary techniques

Abstract In the present study, the different components of sea level (sea surface height, halosteric height, and thermosteric height) were estimated in the Bay of Bengal during 1993–2010 (Altimeter) and 2004–2010 (GRACE, Argo and Altimeter). The altimetry-based sea level (sea surface height) data showed a generally positive trend of sea level rise during 1993–2010 in the Bay of Bengal. The thermal expansion of ocean volume and discharge of water mass into the bay may be responsible for such changes. The temporal pattern of sea level variation derived from altimeter observations was compared with ocean mass and steric signals derived from GRACE and Argo data. It was observed that the sum of steric sea level and the ocean mass components has a positive trend of 6.26 ± 1.29 mm/yr, which was in conformity with the total sea level rise of 4.36 ± 1.45 mm/yr estimated from altimeter data, within a 95 percent confidence interval, during 2004–2010.