Sea level equivalent (Q984)

Subject, term, tag: Sea level equivalent

Sea level equivalent (SLE)

Language	Label	Description	Also known as
English	Sea level equivalent	Subject, term, tag: Sea level equivalent	Sea level equivalent (SLE)

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source version

IPCC Glossary v1.5

1 reference

Source

https://apps.ipcc.ch/glossary/

date accessed

27 May 2026

Part of

Working Group I: Climate Change 2021 – The Physical Science Basis

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Definition

The SLE of a mass of water, ice, or water vapour is that mass, converted to a volume using a density of 1000 kg m –3, and divided by the present-day ocean surface area of 3.625 × 1000 m 2. Thus, 362.5 Gt of water mass added to the ocean correspond to 1 mm of global mean sea level rise. (English)