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The following HTML text is provided to enhance online readability. Many aspects of typography translate only awkwardly to HTML. Please use the page image as the authoritative form to ensure accuracy. facilities. (Figure 3.1 and Box 3.1 provide illustrations of potential sea-level rise impact and the compounding impact of sea-level rise and storm surge.) Precision in the measurement of changes in globally averaged sea level was improved substantially in the early 1990s with the deployment of the TOPEX/ ![FIGURE 3.1 Potential regional impact of future sea-level rise. Several static and dynamic models are being developed for projecting the regional impact of sea-level rise. This figure shows potential impact to wetlands in the U.S. mid-Atlantic region under various sea-level rise scenarios (areas where wetlands would be marginal or lost [i.e., converted to open water] under three sea-level rise scenarios, in millimeters [mm] per year [yr]). Such scenarios may be applicable on a gross scale for judging first-order impact on naval installations. SOURCE: Reprinted from Figure ES.2, Coastal Sensitivity to Sea-Level Rise: A Focus on the Mid-Atlantic Region. A report by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program and the Subcommittee on Global Change Research, 2009, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C.](/books/12914/xhtml/images/p2001dcd5g64001.jpg)
FIGURE 3.1 Potential regional impact of future sea-level rise. Several static and dynamic models are being developed for projecting the regional impact of sea-level rise. This figure shows potential impact to wetlands in the U.S. mid-Atlantic region under various sea-level rise scenarios (areas where wetlands would be marginal or lost [i.e., converted to open water] under three sea-level rise scenarios, in millimeters [mm] per year [yr]). Such scenarios may be applicable on a gross scale for judging first-order impact on naval installations. SOURCE: Reprinted from Figure ES.2, Coastal Sensitivity to Sea-Level Rise: A Focus on the Mid-Atlantic Region. A report by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program and the Subcommittee on Global Change Research, 2009, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C.
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