interesting NOAA paper. it gives the Jason I&II results as 1.3mm/yr over jan2005-dec2011. then tallies up ARGO steric and GRACE components to see if they match. they do to a pretty close degree.
but the crazy thing is that over that period of six years it is only 1.3mm/year! back before 2004 the rate was usually given as under 3mm/yr. that leaves the last two and a half years at a huge rate.
I guess the SLR really is accelerating big time. sarc off/
2010-2011, massive rains in Australia create an inland sea there, dropping global sea level sharply. Hence, short-term trends ending in 2011 look low.
Afterwards, the water gradually evaporates and gets back into the oceans, raising sea levels quickly.
So, you've illustrated the problem with using short-term samples.
Yet another weather = climate bit from the AGW cult..