Select a start year and end year from the date slider below to see a chart of annual Mean Sea Level (MSL) for the selected period. If a end year in the future is selected, i.e. beyond which there is available observed data, then a linear (black line) and polynomial (purple line) trendline based on the selected observed data, will each show an estimate of MSL from the year which observed data ends up to the end year selected by the user. All values in the chart are Relative Sea Level (RSL), i.e. are not corrected for Vertical Land Movement (VLM).

Data represented by the blue line in the above chart is the mean observed annual Relative Sea Level (RSL) for the selected period. This is given as a height above RLR. The black line is the linear trendline for the selected period and indicates the overall direction of the data. It's gradient is the average annual rate of RSL change and is shown in the legend at the top right hand corner of the chart in the form of the straight line equation 'y = mx + c'. The purple line is the corresponding quadratic or second degree polynomial trendline which also gives the Relative Sea Level acceleration for the selected period.

Hover over the blue line to see individual annual MSL values in the tooltip. Hover over the legend at the top of the chart to see each trendline's equation and it's corresponding coefficient of determination, R2 value in the tooltip.

Please note that Mean Sea Level predicted from the facility to project the above trendlines into the future are estimates only.

I've created an R Shiny app which fits various degree (1-4) polynomials to the above data and also produces p-Values, R-Squared, F-Statistic and t-statistic error parameters which you can find in the navigation menu at the top of this page.