Quantifying underestimates of long-term upper-ocean warming

Paul J. Durack (), Peter J. Gleckler, Felix W. Landerer and Karl E. Taylor
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Paul J. Durack: Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Peter J. Gleckler: Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Felix W. Landerer: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
Karl E. Taylor: Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Nature Climate Change, 2014, vol. 4, issue 11, 999-1005

Abstract: The ocean stores over 90% of the heat due to anthropogenic warming. This study uses satellite observations and climate models to investigate the warming of the upper ocean (0–700 m) and finds that warming is biased low, most likely because of poor Southern Hemisphere sampling. Applying adjustments results in a large increase in upper-ocean heat content estimates.

Date: 2014
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