Roy Spencer: UAH monthly globally averaged lower atmospheric temperature variations since 1979 as measured by NOAA and NASA satellites. The smooth curve is a 4th order polynomial fit to the data.
Short-Term Sea Level Trend Shrinking Since 2005
The above graphic is from the University of Colorado at Boulder sea level change web page. The blue 60 -day smoothing line is the one of interest, showing a fall or levelling out in the rising sea level trend since 2005.
The University of Colorado web page states:
Since August 1992 the satellite altimeters have been measuring sea level on a global basis with unprecedented accuracy. The TOPEX/POSEIDON (T/P) satellite mission provided observations of sea level change from 1992 until 2005. Jason-1, launched in late 2001 as the successor to T/P, continues this record by providing an estimate of global mean sea level every 10 days with an uncertainty of 3-4 mm.
And:
Long-term mean sea level change is a variable of considerable interest in the studies of global climate change. The measurement of long-term changes in global mean sea level can provide an important corroboration of predictions by climate models of global warming.
Indeed, atmospheric CO2 levels continue to rise, but for the moment, at least, temperatures and sea levels aren’t.
Watts Up With That? ‘Satellite derived sea level updated- short term trend has been shrinking since 2005′
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