Mike,
But I looked at about 30 and couldn't see a pattern. Some go up - some go down - some just fluctuate with no significant movement one way of another.
What am I missing? How do you make sense of this many readings.
Blacknad.
Hi, Blacknad, how to make sense of the readings is the $64 question
Taking readings at random, shows no definate pattern of sea rise up or down.
However my preliminary findings, by taking readings from individual countrys, and continental area's, seem to show good trends.
Also I assume that those early dated readings would have been taken in inches or centimeters. How fine a measurement could one take consistently, doing such a boring job?
World war II interupted many of the European readings also Japanese readings.
So as a start...taking the Norwegian Peninsula, all the sea readings show a marked decrease in sea height.
ie- 040/*** 050/*** 080/*** Oslo, Stockholm, Ratan and Tallin.
Now, assume the the melting ice north of those areas is causing a minute sea floor rise. Making their yardstick measurements show a definate sea level drop?.
I have not gone around the virtual inland sea 'The Baltic' nor the Mediteranean later on (re large variable river flows into a virtual closed sea)
But coming south onto the European mainland of Holland and France...160/011 160/021 190.*** and 190/091 the trend is definately rising seas, assuming the sea floor is stable.
Coming South, to Portugal 210/*** Spain 200/*** =rising
Not the Mediteranean sea, my reason above.
South to West coast of Africa, shows very poor readings, pity.
Moving over to Japan is interesting, and seems dependant on which side of the Islands you are, but trend is rising.
As is the Pacific areas, especially the islands.
ie Pago Pago 745/001, Honolulu 760/031 and Midway isle 760/001.
Not looked at New Zealand or Australia.
Moving over to the East coast of Americas, I have had a qiuck look at 823/** Seattle and 822/*** Generally all, rising seas.
Alaska 821/*** Not looked since I believe snow/glacier melts would require more time than a quick look.
Thats my general idea at the moment is above. Prehaps someone might divide the land areas into the earths techtonic plates?
Either way, the majority of readings show a trend upwards.
Nearly forgot...British readings are difficult to interpolate, since the South East of Britain is sinking, while the North West is rising.
But glad you like the site, I am sure there is a lot more info to be teased from the rest of these records, in the other columns.
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