global sea level;
sea-level changes;
Northern and Southern Hemispheres;
secular oceanic tide;
EARTHS;
MASS;
D O I:
10.3103/S0027134911040047
中图分类号:
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号:
0702 ;
摘要:
The mechanisms for the increase in the global average sea level in the present epoch are studied. The phenomenon of contrasting secular Southern and Northern Hemisphere average sea-level changes is explained; this phenomenon was predicted earlier by the author on the basis of the observed secular northward trend of the Earth's center of mass at a rate of 5-6 mm/yr. Studies of sea-level changes using altimetry method are criticized.