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is mm feet? What was it old Al said about the oceans?The last time I saw a sea level rise budget come close to being balanced was was done around 2010 when the big drop occurred.
One example from 2011:
Leuliette, E.W., and J.K. Willis. 2011. Balancing the sea level budget.
https://tos.org/oceanography/assets/docs/24-2_leuliette.pdf
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With several improvements, recent analyses of the sea level rise budget found closure at the 0.2 mm yr–1 level
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Another from 2018:
Global sea-level budget 1993–presentWCRP Global Sea Level Budget Group
https://www.earth-syst-sci-data.net/10/1551/2018/essd-10-1551-2018.pdf
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If we consider the ensemble mean trends for the GMSL, thermosteric and ocean mass components given in Sects. 2.2, 2.3 and 2.9 over 2005–present, we find agreement (within error bars) between the observed GMSL (3.5±0.2 mm yr−1) and the sum of Argo-based thermosteric plus GRACE-based ocean mass (3.6±0.4 mm yr−1)
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I'm not certain where you got the idea that the sea level rise budget was out of whack.