CONTENTS 



Acknowledgments v 



Abstract vi 



Introduction 1 



I. Sea Level An Abbreviated Summary 2 



II. Applications An Elementary Introduction 4 



A. Climate Monitoring 8 



B. Vertical Land Movement 9 



C. Coastal Processes 9 



D. Charting 11 



E. Coastal and Marine Boundaries 12 



III. Data and Series 13 



IV. Trends and Variability 13 



V. Area Means 14 



VI. Station Graphs and Data Values 15 



VII. References 35 



Appendix A Plots of Monthly and Yearly Mean Sea Level 41 



Appendix B Monthly and Yearly Mean Sea Level Data , 65 



Appendix C Formula for Calculating Trends and Variability 169 



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