State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science;
College of Ocean and Earth Sciences;
Xiamen University;
Xiamen 361102;
China;
Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory(Zhuhai);
Zhuhai 519082;
China;
Joint Center for Ocean Remote Sensing;
University of Delaware-Xiamen University;
Newark;
DE 19716;
USA;
College of Earth;
Ocean;
and Environment;
University of Delaware;
Newark;
DE 19716;
USA;
decadal sea level change; southeast Indian Ocean; halosteric effect; salinity budget;