Earthquakes and sea level - Space and terrestrial metrology on a changing planet
- Colorado Univ., Boulder (USA)
A review is presented of the stability and scale of crustal deformation metrology which has particular relevance to monitoring deformation associated with sea level and earthquakes. Developments in space geodesy and crustal deformation metrology in the last two decades have the potential to acquire a homogeneous global data set for monitoring relative horizontal and vertical motions of the earth's surface to within several millimeters. New tools discussed for forecasting sea level rise and damaging earthquakes include: very long baseline interferometry, satellite laser ranging, the principles of GPS geodesy, and new sea level sensors. Space geodesy permits a unified global basis for future metrology of the earth, and the continued availability of the GPS is currently fundamental to this unification.
- OSTI ID:
- 5914918
- Journal Information:
- Reviews of Geophysics and Space Physics; (USA), Vol. 29; ISSN 0034-6853
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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