Figure TS.19. (Top) Monthly mean sea level (mm) curve for 1950 to 2000 at Kwajalein (8°44’N, 167°44’E). The observed sea level (from tide gauge measurements) is in blue, the reconstructed sea level in red and the satellite altimetry record in green. Annual and semiannual signals have been removed from each time series and the tide gauge data have been smoothed. (Bottom) Geographic distribution of short-term linear trends in mean sea level for 1993 to 2003 (mm yr^–1) based on TOPEX/Poseidon satellite altimetry. {Figures 5.15 and 5.18}