GLOSS References

Some pointers to additional information about the Global Sea Level Observing System (GLOSS).


  1. ABRAM, R.J. 1988. Global Sea-Level Observing System (GLOSS) development in support of the TOGA programme. Tropical Ocean-Atmosphere Newsletter, No.43, 10-11.


  2. BOLDUC, P.A. & MURTY, T.S. 1992. Monthly mean sea level anomalies for the North and tropical Atlantic Ocean. pp.1-22 in, Sea level changes: determination and effects, (ed.P.L.Woodworth, D.T.Pugh, J.G.De Ronde, R.G.Warrick & J.Hannah). Washington, DC: American Geophysical Union. 196pp.


  3. CARTER, W.E., AUBREY, D.G., BAKER, T.F., BOUCHER, C., PROVOST, C. Le, PUGH,, D.T., PELTIER, W.R., ZUMBERGE, M., RAPP, R.H., SCHUTZ, R.E., EMERY, K.O. &, ENFIELD, D.B. 1989. Geodetic fixing of tide gauge bench marks. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Technical Report, WHOI-89-31, 44pp.


  4. CARTER, W.E. (ed.) 1994. Report of the Surrey Workshop of the IAPSO Tide Gauge Bench Mark Fixing Committee. Report of a meeting held 13-15 December 1993 at the Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Deacon Laboratory. NOAA Technical Report NOSOES0006. 81pp.


  5. CITIES ON WATER. 1991. Impact of Sea Level Rise on Cities and Regions. Proceedings of the First International Meeting "Cities on Water", Venice, December 11-13 1989. Marsilio Editori, S.p.a., Venice 1991.


  6. DOWELL,S.L. & RICKARDS,L.J. 1993. Recent developments in sea level networks and data centres. pp.39-50 in, Sea level changes and their consequences for hydrology and water management. Proceedings of an International Workshop held at Noordwijkerhout, Netherlands, 19-23 April 1993. Koblenz: Bundesanstalt fur Gewasserkunde. Various pagination. 1993.


  7. EDEN, H.F. (Ed.). 1990. Towards an integrated system for measuring long term changes in global sea level. Report of a Workshop held at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, May 1990. Washington, DC.: Joint Oceanographic Institutions Inc. (JOI). 178pp. & appendix.


  8. HARANGOZO, S.A., WOODWORTH, P.L., RAPP, R.H. & WANG, Y.M. 1993. A comparison of monthly mean sea level variability determined from Geosat altimetry and a global tide gauge dataset. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 14(4), 789-795.


  9. IOC. 1985. Manual on sea-level measurement and interpretation. Volume 1 - Basic procedures. Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission Manuals and Guides. No. 14. IOC, Paris, 83pp. (See IOC 1994 for Volume 2).


  10. IOC. 1988. IOC Task Team on the Global Sea-Level Observing System (GLOSS), second session, Honolulu, USA, 19-23 October 1987. Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, Reports of Meetings of Experts and Equivalent Bodies, IOC/GLOSS-II/3, 23pp. & annexes.


  11. IOC. 1988. Workshop on sea-level measurements in hostile conditions, Bidston, UK, 28-31 March 1988. Summary report and submitted papers. Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, Workshop Report No.54, 81pp.


  12. IOC. 1990. IOC Group of Experts on the Global Sea-Level Observing System (GLOSS), first session, Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory, Bidston, U.K., 19-23 June 1989. Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, Reports of Meetings of Experts and Equivalent Bodies, IOC/GE-GLOSS-I/3, 16pp. & annexes.


  13. IOC. 1990. GLOSS. (Global Sea Level Observing System) Paris: Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission. 6pp. (foldout).


  14. IOC. 1990. Global Sea Level Observing System (GLOSS) implementation plan. Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, Technical Series, No. 35, 90pp.


  15. IPCC. 1990. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Climatic change: the IPCC scientific assessment, edited by J.T.Houghton, G.J.Jenkins and J.J.Ephraums, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 365pp. (This widely read report includes a review of past and potential future sea level changes).


  16. IOC. 1991. IOC Group of Experts on the Global Sea-level Observing System (GLOSS), second session, NOAA, Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, Miami, USA, 22-26 October 1990. Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, Reports of Meetings of Experts and Equivalent Bodies, IOC/GE-GLOSS-II/3, 17pp. & annexes. 1991.


  17. IOC. 1991. GLOSS Handbook for IBM PCs. IMS Newsletter, No.61, p.6.


  18. IOC. 1991. IOC-SCAR workshop on sea-level measurements in Antarctica, Leningrad, USSR, 28-31 May 1990. Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, Workshop Report No. 69, 8pp. & annexes.


  19. IOC. 1992. IOC-SAREC-KMFRI Regional Workshop on Causes and consequences of sea-level changes on the western Indian Ocean coasts and islands, Mombasa, Kenya, 24-28 June 1991. Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, Workshop Report No. 77, 11pp. & annexes.


  20. IOC. 1992. IOC-SCAR workshop on sea-level measurements in Antarctica, Leningrad, USSR, 28-31 May 1990. Submitted papers. Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, Workshop Report No. 69(Supplement), 102pp.


  21. IOC. 1992. IOC-WESTPAC Scientific Symposium on Marine science and management of marine areas of the Western Pacific, Penang, Malaysia, 2-6 December 1991. Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, Workshop Report No. 76, 12pp. & annexes.


  22. IOC. 1992. IOC-UNEP workshop on impacts of sea level rise due to global warming, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 16-19 November 1992. Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, Workshop Report No. 93.


  23. IOC. 1992. IOC-UNEP-WMO pilot activity on sea-level changes and associated coastal impacts. Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, IOC/INF-908, 12pp. & annexes.


  24. IOC. 1992. IOC Group of Experts on the Global Sea-Level Observing System (GLOSS), third session, Paris, 13-15 October 1992. Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, Reports of Meetings of Experts and Equivalent Bodies, IOC/GE-GLOSS-III/3, 18pp. & annexes.


  25. IOC. 1993. Joint IAPSO-IOC Workshop on Sea level measurements and quality control, Paris, 12-13 October 1992. (ed. N.E.Spencer). Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, Workshop Report No. 81, 167pp.


  26. IOC. 1993. IOC training course for the Global Sea Level Observing System (GLOSS) directed to the African and South American Portuguese and Spanish -speaking countries, Instituto Oceanografico da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1-19 February 1993. Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, Training Course Reports No. 20, 9pp. & annexes.


  27. IOC/PSMSL 1994. Sea level monitoring in the small island developing states. Prepared by S.Dowell. IOC/INF-954. 24pp.


  28. IOC. 1994. Manual on sea-level measurement and interpretation. Volume 2 - Emerging Technologies. Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission Manuals and Guides No. 14. IOC, Paris, 72pp. (See IOC 1985 for Volume 1).


  29. IOC. 1994. IOC-UNEP-WMO-SAREC planning workshop on an integrated approach to coastal erosion, sea-level changes and their impacts. Zanzibar, United Republic of Tanzania, 17-21 January 1994. Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission Workshop Report No. 96 and supplements.


  30. IOC. 1995. IOC group of experts on the Global Sea Level Observing System (GLOSS), fourth session, Bordeaux, France, 31 January - 3 February 1995. Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, Reports of Meetings of Experts and Equivalent Bodies, IOC/GE-GLOSS-IV/3, 18pp. & annexes.


  31. IOC. 1995. UNESCO-IHP-IOC-IAEA workshop on sea level rise and the multidisciplinary studies of environmental processes in the Caspian Sea region, Paris, France, 9-12 May 1995. Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission Workshop Report No. 108 and supplements.


  32. IOC. 1996. IOC/GLOSS-IAPSO workshop on sea level variability and Southern Ocean dynamics, Bordeaux, France, 31 January 1995. Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission Workshop Report No. 115.


  33. IOC. 1996. IOC/GLOSS-GOOS Training Workshop on Sea-Level Data Analysis, Geodetic & Research Branch, Survey of India, Dehra Dun, India, 21 November - 1 December 1995. IOC Training Course Reports 39, UNESCO, 1996.


  34. JAPAN HYDROGRAPHIC ASSOCIATION. 1992. Report of International seminar and follow-up study on Mean sea level monitoring in Asian and Oceanian regions. (International seminar held Tokyo, 26-27 November 1991 and follow-up study in Bangladesh and Indonesia, January 1992). Tokyo: Japan Hydrographic Association. 174pp.


  35. MITCHUM, G. 1992. First satellite-reported sea level data in the Indian Ocean. TOGA Notes, No.6, p.15.


  36. MITCHUM, G. 1992. Two new satellite-reporting sea level stations in the Indian Ocean. TOGA Notes, No.7, p.25.


  37. PROVOST, C. LE. 1992. On the use of sea level gauge data for satellite altimetry validation. A review. Oceanologica Acta, 15(5), 431-440.


  38. PUGH, D.T. 1987. The global sea-level observing system. Hydrographic Journal, No.45, 5-8.


  39. PUGH, D.T. 1987. Tides, surges and mean sea-level: a handbook for engineers and scientists. Wiley, Chichester, 472pp.


  40. PUGH, D.T., SPENCER, N.E. & WOODWORTH, P.L. 1987. Data holdings of the Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level. Bidston, Birkenhead: Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level. 156pp.


  41. PUGH, D.T. 1988. The Global Sea-Level Observing System. pp.8-11 in, Tidal measurement and instrumentation. Papers presented at the Hydrographic Society Seminar, April 1987, London, (ed.J.A.Kitching). Dagenham, Essex: Hydrographic Society. 35pp. (Hydrographic Society Special Publication No.19.)


  42. PUGH, D.T. 1990. Sea-level: change and challenge. Nature and Resources, 26(4), 36-46.


  43. PUGH, D.T. 1990. Is there a sea-level problem? Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Part 1, Design and Construction, 88(June), 347-366. Discussion: Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Water Maritime and Energy, 96(2), 125-130, 1992.


  44. SMITHSON, M.J. 1992. Pelagic tidal constants - 3. IAPSO Publication Scientifique No.35. Published by the International Association for the Physical Sciences of the Ocean (IAPSO) of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics. 191pp. (Recent updates of this report are available from Dr.Smithson via the PSMSL).


  45. SPENCER, N.E., WOODWORTH, P.L. & PUGH, D.T. 1988. Ancillary time series of mean sea level measurements. Bidston, Birkenhead: Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level. 69pp. & appendices. (This report lists values of annual mean sea level for a number of stations for which the corresponding monthly values are not available and are therefore not in the PSMSL dataset itself. The station-years are usually very old and should be used only with great caution).


  46. SPENCER, N.E. & WOODWORTH, P.L. 1991. Data holdings of the Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level (January 1991). Bidston, Birkenhead: Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level. 136pp.


  47. SPENCER, R., FODEN, P.R., MCGARRY, C., HARRISON, A.J., VASSIE, J.M., BAKER, T.F., SMITHSON, M.J., HARANGOZO, S.A. & WOODWORTH, P.L. 1993. The ACCLAIM programme in the South Atlantic and Southern Oceans. International Hydrographic Review, 70, 7-21.


  48. SPENCER, N.E. & WOODWORTH, P.L. 1993. Data holdings of the Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level (November 1993). Bidston, Birkenhead: Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level. 81pp.


  49. TOLKATCHEV, A. 1996. Global Sea Level Observing System (GLOSS). Marine Geodesy, 19(1), 21-62.


  50. UNESCO. 1994. Island Agenda. An overview of UNESCO's work on island environments, territories, and societies. UNESCO report dated March 1994. 131pp.


  51. WARRICK, R.A., BARROW, E.M. & WIGLEY, T.M.L. (Eds.) 1993. Climate and sea level change: observations, projections and implications. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 424pp.


  52. WOODWORTH, P.L., SPENCER, N.E. & ALCOCK, G.A. 1990. On the availability of European mean sea level data. International Hydrographic Review, 67(1), 131-146.


  53. WOODWORTH, P.L. 1991. Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level annual report for 1990. Chronique de l'UGGI, No.205, 103-110.


  54. WOODWORTH, P.L. 1991. The Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level and the Global Sea Level Observing System. Journal of Coastal Research, 7(3), 699-710.


  55. WOODWORTH, P.L., RICKARDS, L.J. & SPENCER, N.E. 1991. The Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level and the Global Sea Level Observing System. p.145 in, XX General Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, Vienna, 11-24 August 1991: Union Program and Abstracts. Paris: IUGG Publications. 163pp.


  56. WOODWORTH, P.L. 1992. Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level annual report for 1991. Chronique de l'UGGI, No.209, 52-58.


  57. WOODWORTH, P.L. 1992 PSMSL Annual Report for 1991. International Hydrographic Bulletin, August, 1992, 369-372.


  58. WOODWORTH, P.L. 1993. Global sea level monitoring. pp. 329-341 in, Proceedings of Survey and Mapping 93. The 4th UK national land surveying and mapping conference and exhibition. University of Keele, 2-6 April 1993.


  59. WOODWORTH, P.L. 1993. A review of recent sea-level research. Oceanography and Marine Biology. An Annual Review, 31, 87-109.


  60. WOODWORTH, P.L., PUGH, D.T., DE RONDE, J.G., WARRICK, R.G. & HANNAH, J. (EDS.). 1993. Sea level changes: determination and effects. IUGG Geophysical Monograph Series, Vol.69.


  61. WOODWORTH, P.L. 1993. PSMSL Annual Report for 1992. Chronique UGGI, No.215, 48-52.


  62. WOODWORTH, P.L. 1993. PSMSL Annual Report for 1993. pp.303-310 in, IUGG Chronicle No.219, December 1993.


  63. WOODWORTH, P.L. (ED.). 1994. Sixtieth anniversary meeting of the Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level. Bidston, Birkenhead: Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level. 37pp.


  64. WOODWORTH, P.L., VASSIE, J.M., SPENCER, R. & SMITH, D.E. 1994. Precise datum control for pressure tide gauges. To be published in Marine Geodesy.


  65. WOODWORTH, P.L. & VASSIE, J.M. 1994. The ACCLAIM programme in the South Atlantic and Southern Oceans. Afro-America GLOSS News, No.2 (October 1994), 2-3.


  66. WOODWORTH, P.L. 1995. Monitoring and predicting long term sea level changes. (Abstract). Bordomer 95: Coastal Change conference 6-10 February, 1995, Bordeaux, France.


  67. WOODWORTH, P.L. 1995. PSMSL Annual Report for 1994. pp.30-38 in, IUGG Chronicle No.225, January/February 1995.


  68. WOODWORTH, P.L., VASSIE, J.M., SPENCER, R. & SMITH, D.E. 1996. Precise datum control for pressure tide gauges. Marine Geodesy, 19(1), 1-20.


  69. WORLD OCEAN CIRCULATION EXPERIMENT (WOCE). 1988. World Ocean Circulation Experiment implementation plan. Volume 1: Detailed requirements. WMO World Climate Programme Research, WCRP-11, 63pp. (WMO/TD-No.242).


  70. WORLD OCEAN CIRCULATION EXPERIMENT (WOCE). 1988. World Ocean Circulation Experiment implementation plan. Volume 2: Scientific background. WMO World Climate Programme Research, WCRP-12, 130pp. & annexes. (WMO/TD-No.243).


  71. WORLD OCEAN CIRCULATION EXPERIMENT (WOCE). 1993. WOCE data management. WOCE Data Report 104/93. 40pp.


  72. WYRTKI, K. 1989. Sea level: the rising tide. UNESCO Sources, No.6 (July/August 1989).