Global ocean heat content 1955–2008 in light of recently revealed instrumentation problems

We provide estimates of the warming of the world ocean for 1955–2008 based on historical data not previously available, additional modern data, correcting for instrumental biases of bathythermograph data, and correcting or excluding some Argo float data. The strong interdecadal variability of global...

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Published inGeophysical research letters Vol. 36; no. 7; pp. L07608 - n/a
Main Authors Levitus, S., Antonov, J. I., Boyer, T. P., Locarnini, R. A., Garcia, H. E., Mishonov, A. V.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington, DC American Geophysical Union 16.04.2009
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Subjects
Climate and interannual variability
Earth sciences
Earth, ocean, space
Enthalpy
Exact sciences and technology
General or miscellaneous
Instrumentation
Marine
ocean heat content
Oceanography
World Ocean
ocean heat content
warming
trend-surface analysis
Bathythermograph
world ocean
Interdecadal variation
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Summary:We provide estimates of the warming of the world ocean for 1955–2008 based on historical data not previously available, additional modern data, correcting for instrumental biases of bathythermograph data, and correcting or excluding some Argo float data. The strong interdecadal variability of global ocean heat content reported previously by us is reduced in magnitude but the linear trend in ocean heat content remain similar to our earlier estimate.
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ISSN:0094-8276
1944-8007
DOI:10.1029/2008GL037155