More than a decade of altimetry data have been used to develop three studies in the Mediterranean Sea (and Black sea when feasible). Firstly, sea level variations (SLV) data from 49 tide gauge (TG) stations along the North Mediterranean and Black Sea coast have been compared to close SLV measurements from altimetry. From those comparisons, vertical crustal motions at the TG sites have been inferred. Secondly, interannual SLV have been explored in the Mediterranean and Black Sea. A kink of tendency in mid-1999 is observed in several regions of the Mediterranean and in the Black Sea. Thirdly, the steric and eustatic terms of the annual SLV of the Mediterranean has been inferred from timevariable gravity (TVG) data and temperature (T) and salinity (S) profiles. It has been inferred that the SLV are mainly driven by steric SLV, which are partially offset by water mass changes.
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