NATIONAL (with US expertise): Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Affair of Indonesia predicted that more than 2000 islands will lost due to the sea level rise (SLR) impact. Sea level rise is one of the impacts of global warming and will cause inundation of many small islands in Indonesia. Indonesia has thousand of small islands and these islands will suffered from sea level rise evidence. Therefore, monitoring of SLR in Indonesia waters is very important for assessing the impact and vulnerability of climate change. Meanwhile, scientists in Marine Science and Technology field in Indonesia are very limited and lack of knowledge and experience specifically in measurement of sea level from in situ and satellite.
Project • CIA2009-04-Gaol