Industrial-era global ocean heat uptake doubles in recent decades

Peter J. Gleckler (), Paul J. Durack, Ronald J. Stouffer, Gregory C. Johnson and Chris E. Forest
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Peter J. Gleckler: Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Paul J. Durack: Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Ronald J. Stouffer: Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton University Forrestal Campus
Gregory C. Johnson: NOAA/Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
Chris E. Forest: The Pennsylvania State University

Nature Climate Change, 2016, vol. 6, issue 4, 394-398

Abstract: Changes in ocean heat content over the industrial era are investigated from a range of observations. Using this data as input to climate models shows that nearly half of the increase occurred in recent decades, and more than a third occurs below 700 m.

Date: 2016
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