Papers
Bonin, J. A., N. Pie, M. E. Tamisiea, D. Chambers, and H. Save, “GRACE and GRACE-FO Mascons for Ocean Dynamic Applications”, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 18, 3481–3505, doi:10.5194/essd-18-3481-2026, 2026.
Zhang, C., N. A. Childress, S. V. Bettadpur, M. E. Tamisiea, H. Save, and B. D. Tapley, “Recent Ocean Tide Models Comparison from the GRACE Perspective”,J. Geophys. Res., 131, e2025JB032848, doi:10.1029/2025JB032848, 2026.
Coulson, S., A. Lloyd, X Bao, J. X. Mitrovica, S. Dangendorf, L. Pan, N. Valencic, M. E. Tamisiea, D. Al-Attar, and D. Heathcotte, “Inverting Sea Surface Height Data Yields Greenland Ice Mass Changes (1993-2019): A Proof of Concept”, Geophys. J. Int., ggag187, doi:10.1093/gji/ggag187, 2026.
Bonin, J. A., N. Pie, D. Chambers, M. E. Tamisiea, and H. Save, “Detection and Modeling of Earthquake Signals in GRACE/GRACE-FO Mascons”, Earth and Space Sci., 13, e2025EA004219, doi:10.1029/2025EA004219, 2026.
Coulson, S., S. Dangendorf, J. X. Mitrovica, M. E. Tamisiea, L. Pan, and D. T. Sandwell, “A Detection of the Sea Level Fingerprint of Greenland Ice Sheet Melt,” Science, 377, 1550–1554, doi:10.1126/science.abo0926, 2022.
Pie, N., S. Bettadpur, M. E. Tamisiea, B. Krichman, H. Save, S. Poole, P. Nagel, Z. Kang, G. Jacob, M. Ellmer, E. Fahnestock, F. Landerer, C. McCullough, D.-N. Yuan, and D. Wiese, “Time variable Earth gravity field models from the first spaceborne laser ranging interferometer”, J. Geophys. Res., 126, e2021JB022392, doi:10.1029/2021JB022392, 2021.
Chen, J., B. D. Tapley, M. E. Tamisiea, H. Save, C. R. Wilson, S. Bettadpur, K.-W. Seo, “Error Assessment of GRACE and GRACE Follow-On Mass Change”, J. Geophys. Res., 126, e2021JB022124, doi:10.1029/2021JB022124, 2021.
Landerer, F. W., F. M. Flechtner, H. Save, F. H. Webb, T. Bandikova, W. I. Bertiger, S. V. Bettadpur, S. H. Byun, C. Dahle, H. Dobslaw, E. Fahnestock, Z. G. Kang, G. L. H. Kruizinga, B. D. Loomis, C. McCullough, M. Murböck, P. Nagel, M. Paik, N. Pie, S. Poole, D. Strekalov, M. E. Tamisiea, F. R. Wang, M. M. Watkins, H. Y. Wen, D. N. Wiese, D. N. Yuan, “Extending the Global Mass Change Data Record: GRACE Follow-On Instrument and Science Data Performance”, Geophys. Res. Lett., 47, e2020GL088306, doi:10.1029/2020GL088306, 2020.
Gregory, J. M., S. M. Griffies, C. W. Hughes, J. A. Lowe, J. A. Church, I. Fukimori, N. Gomez, R. E. Kopp, F. Landerer, G. Le Cozannet, R. M. Ponte, D. Stammer, M. E. Tamisiea, and R. S. W. van de Wal, “Concepts and Terminology for Sea Level: Mean, Variability and Change, Both Local and Global”, Surveys in Geophysics, doi: 10.1007/s10712-019-09525-z, 2019.
Tapley, B. D., M. M. Watkins, F. Flechtner, C. Reigber, S. Bettadpur, M. Rodell, I. Sasgen, J. S. Famiglietti, F. W. Landerer, D. P. Chambers, J. T. Reager, A. S. Gardner, H. Save, E. R. Ivins, S. C. Swenson, C. Boening, C. Dahle, D. N. Wiese, H. Dobslaw, M. E. Tamisiea, and I. Velicogna, “Contributions of GRACE to understanding climate change”, Nature Climate Change, 9, 358–369, doi: 10.1038/s41558-019-0456-2, 2019.
Chen, J. L., B. Tapley, H. Save, M. E. Tamisiea, S. Bettadpur, and J. Ries, “Quantification of ocean mass change using Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment, satellite altimeter, and Argo floats observations”, J. of Geophys. Res., 123, 10212-10225, doi:10.1029/2018JB016095, 2018.
Lickley, M. J., C. C. Hay, M. E. Tamisiea, and J. X. Mitrovica, “Bias in estimates of global mean sea level change inferred from satellite altimetry”, J. of Climate, 31, 5263-5271, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-18-0024.1, 2018
Wainer, K. A. I., M. P. Rowe, A. L. Thomas, A. J. Mason, B. Williams, M. E. Tamisiea, F. H. Williams, A. Düsterhus, G. M. Henderson, “Speleothem evidence for MIS 5c and 5a sea level above modern level at Bermuda”, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 457, 325 – 334, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2016.10.005, 2017.
Hibbert, F. D., E. J. Rohling, A. Dutton, F. H. Williams, P. M. Chutcharavan, C. Zhao, and M. E. Tamisiea, “Coral indicators of past sea-level change: A global repository of U-series dated benchmarks”, Quat. Sci. Rev., 145, 1 – 56, doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.04.019, 2016.
Sivan, D., G. Sisma-Ventura, N. Greenbaum, O. M. Bialik, F. H. Williams, M. E. Tamisiea, E. J. Rohling, A. Frumkin, S. Avnaim-Katav, G. Shtienberg, and M. Stein, “Eastern Mediterranean sea levels through the last interglacial from a coastal-marine sequence in northern Israel”, Quat. Sci. Rev., 145, 204 – 225, doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.06.001, 2016.
Düsterhus, A., M. E. Tamisiea, and S. Jevrejeva, “Estimating the sea level highstand during the last interglacial: a probabilistic massive ensemble approach”, Geophys. J. Int., 206, 900 – 920, doi:10.1093/gji/ggw174, 2016.
Wang, L., J. L. Davis, E. M. Hill, and M. E. Tamisiea, “Stochastic filtering for determining gravity variations for decade-long time series of GRACE gravity”, J. Geophys. Res., 121, 2915 – 2931, doi:10.1002/2015JB012650, 2016.
Williams, J., C. W. Hughes, and M. E. Tamisiea, “Detecting trends in bottom pressure measured using a tall mooring and altimetry”, J. Geophys. Res., 120, 5216 – 5232, doi:10.1002/2015JC010955, 2015.
Quinn, K. J., R. M. Ponte, and M. E. Tamisiea, “Impact of self-attraction and loading on Earth rotation”, J. Geophys. Res., 120, 4510 – 4521, doi:10.1002/2015JB011980, 2015.
Vinogradova, N. T., R. M. Ponte, K. J. Quinn, M. E. Tamisiea, J. M. Campin, and J. L. Davis, “Dynamic Adjustment of the Ocean Circulation to Self-Attraction and Loading Effects”, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 45, 678 – 689, doi:10.1175/JPO-D-14-0150.1, 2015.
Rohling, E. J., G. L. Foster, K. M. Grant, G. Marino, A. P. Roberts, M. E. Tamisiea, and F. Williams, “Corrigendum: Sea-level and deep-sea-temperature variability over the past 5.3 million years”, Nature, 510, 432, doi:10.1038/nature13488, 2014.
Williams, J., C. W. Hughes, M. E. Tamisiea, and S. D. P. Williams, “Weighing the ocean with bottom-pressure sensors: robustness of the ocean mass annual cycle estimate”, Ocean Science, 10, 701 – 718, doi:10.5194/os-10-701-2014, 2014.
Tamisiea, M. E., C. W. Hughes, S. D. P. Williams, and R. M. Bingley, “Sea level: measuring the bounding surfaces of the ocean”, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A, 372, 20130336, doi:10.1098/rsta.2013.0336, 2014.
Grant, K. M., E. J. Rohling, C. B. Ramsey, H. Cheng, R. L. Edwards, F. Florindo, D. Heslop, F. Marra, A. P. Roberts, M. E. Tamisiea, and F. Williams, “Sea-level variability over five glacial cy-cles”, Nat. Commun., 5, 5076, doi:10.1038/ncomms6076, 2014.
Rohling, E. J., G. L. Foster, K. M. Grant, G. Marino, A. P. Roberts, M. E. Tamisiea, and F. Williams, “Sea-level and deep-sea-temperature variability over the past 5.3 million years”, Nature, 508, 477 – 482, doi:10.1038/nature13230, 2014.
Gregory, J. M., N. J. White, J. A. Church, M. F. P. Bierkens, J. E. Box, M. R. van den Broeke, J. G. Cogley, X. Fettweis, E. Hanna, P. Huybrechts, L. F. Konikow, P. W. Leclercq, B. Marzeion, J. Oerlemans, M. E. Tamisiea, Y. Wada, L. M. Wake, and R. S.W. van de Wal, “Twentieth-century global-mean sea-level rise: is the whole greater than the sum of the parts?”, J. of Climate, 26, 4476 – 4499, doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00319.1, 2013.
Holgate, S. J., A. Matthews, P. L. Woodworth, L. J. Rickards, M. E. Tamisiea, E. Bradshaw, P. R. Foden, K. M. Gordon, S. Jevrejeva, and J. Pugh, “New Data Systems and Products at the Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level”, J. of Coastal Res., 29, 493 – 504, doi:10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-12-00175.1, 2013.
D. Stammer, A. Cazenave, R. M. Ponte, and M. E. Tamisiea, “Causes for contemporary regional sea level changes”, Annu. Rev. Mar. Sci., 2013. 5, 22.1–22.26, doi: 10.1146/annurev-marine-121211-172406, 2013.
Chambers, D. P., J. Wahr, M. E. Tamisiea, and R. S. Nerem, “Reply to comment by W. R. Peltier et al. on “Ocean mass from GRACE and glacial isostatic adjustment “”, J. Geophys. Res., 117, B11404, doi:10.1029/2012JB009441, 2012.
Hughes, C. W., M. E. Tamisiea, R. J. Bingham, and J. Williams, “Weighing the ocean: Using a single mooring to measure changes in the mass of the ocean”, Geophys. Res. Lett., 39, L17602, doi: 10.1029/2012GL052935, 2012.
Davis, J. L., B. Wernicke, and M. E. Tamisiea, “On seasonal signals in geodetic time series”, J. Geophys. Res., 117, B01403, doi:10.1029/2011JB008690, 2012.
Mitrovica, J. X., N. Gomez, E. Morrow, C. Hay, K. Latychev and M. E. Tamisiea, “On the robustness of predictions of sea level fingerprints”, Geophys. J. Int., 187, 729-742, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05090.x, 2011.
Hill, E. M., J. L. Davis, M. E. Tamisiea, R. M. Ponte, N. T. Vinogradova, “Using a spatially realistic load model to assess impacts of Alaskan glacier ice loss on sea level”, J. Geophys. Res., 116, B10407, doi:10.1029/2011JB008339, 2011.
Tamisiea, M. E., “Ongoing glacial isostatic contributions to observations of sea level change”, Geophys. J. Int., 186, 1036-1044, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05116.x, 2011.
Vinogradova, N. T., R. M. Ponte, M. E. Tamisiea, K. J. Quinn, E. M. Hill, and J. L. Davis, “Self-attraction and loading effects on ocean mass redistribution at monthly and longer time scales”, J. Geophys. Res., 116, C08041, doi:10.1029/2011JC007037, 2011.
Tamisiea, M. E., and J. X. Mitrovica, “The moving boundaries of sea level change: Understanding the origins of geographic variability”, Oceanography, 24(2), 24–39, doi:10.5670/oceanog.2011.25, 2011.
Chambers, D. P., J. Wahr, M. E. Tamisiea, and R. S. Nerem, “Ocean Mass from GRACE and Glacial Isostatic Adjustment”, J. Geophys. Res., 115, B11415, doi:10.1029/2010JB007530, 2010.
Tamisiea, M. E., E. M. Hill, R. M. Ponte, J. L. Davis, I. Velicogna, and N. T. Vinogradova, “Impact of self-attraction and loading on the annual cycle in sea level”, J. Geophys. Res., 115, C07004, doi:10.1029/2009JC005687, 2010.
Vinogradova, N. T.,R. M. Ponte, M. E. Tamisiea, J. L. Davis, and E. M. Hill, “Effects of self-attraction and loading on annual variations of ocean bottom pressure”, J. Geophys. Res., 115, C06025, doi:10.1029/2009JC005783, 2010.
Hill, E. M., J. L. Davis, M. E. Tamisiea, and M. Lidberg, “Combination of geodetic observations and models for glacial isostatic adjustment fields in Fennoscandia”, J. Geophys. Res., 115, B07403, doi:10.1029/2009JB006967, 2010.
Gomez, N., J. X. Mitrovica, M. E. Tamisiea, and P. U. Clark, “A new projection of sea level change in response to collapse of marine sectors of the Antarctic Ice Sheet”, Geophys. J. Int., 180, 623-634, 2010.
Milne, G.A., W. R. Gehrels, C. W. Hughes, and M. E. Tamisiea, “Identifying the causes of sea-level change,” Nature Geosciences, 2, 471-478, 2009.
Davis, J. E., K. Latychev, J. X. Mitrovica, R. Kendall, and M. E. Tamisiea, “Glacial Isostatic Adjustment on 3-D Earth Models: Implications for the Analysis of Tide Gauge Records Along the U.S. East Coast,” J. Geodynamics, 46, 90-94, 2008.
Davis, J. L., M. E. Tamisiea, P. Elósegui, J. X. Mitrovica, and E. M. Hill, “A statistical filtering approach for Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) gravity data”, J. Geophys. Res., 113, B04410, doi:10.1029/2007JB005043, 2008.
Crowley, J. W., J. X. Mitrovica, R. C. Bailey, M. E. Tamisiea and J. L. Davis, “Annual variations in water storage and precipitation in the Amazon Basin”, J. Geodesy, 82, doi:10.1007/s00190-007-0153-1, 2008.
Tamisiea, M. E., J. X. Mitrovica, and J. L. Davis, “GRACE Gravity Data Constrain Ancient Ice Geometries and Continental Dynamics over Laurentia”, Science, 316, 881-883, 2007.
Chambers, D. P., M. E. Tamisiea, R. S. Nerem and J. C. Ries, “Effects of ice melting on GRACE observations of ocean mass trends”, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L05610, doi:10.1029/2006GL029171, 2007.
Kendall, R. A., K. Latychev, J. X. Mitrovica, J. E. Davis and M. E. Tamisiea, “Decontaminating tide gauge records for the influence of glacial isostatic adjustment: The potential impact of 3-D Earth structure”, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L24318, doi:10.1029/2006GL028448, 2006.
Crowley, J. W., J. X. Mitrovica, R. C. Bailey, M. E. Tamisiea and J. L. Davis, “Land water storage within the Congo Basin inferred from GRACE satellite gravity data”, Geophys.Res. Lett., 33, L19402, doi:10.1029/2006GL027070, 2006.
Mitrovica, J. X., J. Wahr, I. Matsuyama, A. Paulson, and M. E. Tamisiea, “Reanalysis of ancient eclipse, astronomic and geodetic data: A possible route to resolving the enigma of global sea level rise”, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 243, 390-399, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2005.12.029, 2006.
Latychev, K., J. X. Mitrovica, M. E. Tamisiea, J. Tromp, C. C. Christara and R. Moucha, “GIA-induced secular variations in the Earth’s long wavelength gravity field: Influence of 3-D viscosity variations”, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 240, 322-327, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2005.10.001, 2005.
Tamisiea, M. E., E. W. Leuliette, J. L. Davis, and J. X. Mitrovica, “Constraining hydrological and cryospheric mass flux in southeastern Alaska using space-based gravity measurements”, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L20501, doi:10.1029:2005GL023961, 2005.
Latychev, K., J. X. Mitrovica, J. Tromp, M. E. Tamisiea, D. Komatitsch and C.C. Christara, “Glacial isostatic adjustment on 3-D Earth models: A finite volume formulation”, Geophys. J. Int., 161, 421-444, 2005.
Latychev, K., J. X. Mitrovica, M. E. Tamisiea, J. Tromp and R. Moucha, “Influence of lithospheric thickness variations on 3-D crustal velocities due to the glacial isostatic adjustment”, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L01304, doi:10.1029/2004GL021454, 2005.
Davis, J. L., P. Elósegui, J. X. Mitrovica, and M. E. Tamisiea, “Climate-driven deformation of the solid earth from GRACE and GPS”, Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L24605, doi:10.1029/2004GL021435, 2004.
Tamisiea, M. E., J. X. Mitrovica, and J. L. Davis, “A method for detecting rapid mass flux of small glaciers using local sea-level variations”, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 213, 447-485, 2003.
Tamisiea, M. E., J. X. Mitrovica, J. L. Davis and G. A. Milne, “Long wavelength sea level and solid surface perturbations driven by polar ice mass variations: Fingerprinting Greenland and Antarctic ice sheet flux”, Space Science Reviews, 108, 81-93, 2003.
Tamisiea, M. E., J. X. Mitrovica, J. Tromp and G. A. Milne, “Present day secular variations in the low-degree harmonics of the geopotential: Sensitivity analysis on spherically symmetric earth models”, J. Geophys. Res., 107, doi:10.1029/2001JB000696, 2002.
Tamisiea, M. E., and J. M. Wahr, “Phase transitions and heat conduction in post-glacial rebound”, Geophys. J. Int., 149, 423-440, 2002.
Tamisiea, M. E., and J. M. Wahr, “Phase transitions and short timescale sinusoidal motions”, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 198, 459-470, 2002.
Clark, P. U., J. X. Mitrovica, G. A. Milne and M. E. Tamisiea, “Sea-level fingerprinting as a direct test for the source of melt water pulse IA”, Science, 295, 2438-2441, 2002.
Tamisiea, M. E., J. X. Mitrovica, G. A. Milne and J. L. Davis, “Global geoid and sea-level changes due to present-day ice mass fluctuations”, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 30,849-30,864, 2001.
Mitrovica, J. X., M. E. Tamisiea, J. L. Davis and G. A. Milne, “Recent mass balance of polar ice sheets inferred from patterns of global sea-level change”, Nature, 409, 1026-1029, 2001.
Datasets
Pie, N., J. Bonin, M. E. Tamisiea, D. Chambers, and H. Save, “CSR GRACE & GRACE-FO Dynamic Ocean Mascons RL06.2DO”, Texas Data Repository, V3, doi:10.18738/T8/3VUPEW, 2025.