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Recent Cooling of the Upper OceanWe observe a net loss of 3.2 (+/- 1.1) x 1022 J of heat from the upper ocean between 2003 and 2005. Using a broad array of in situ ocean measurements, we present annual estimates of global upper-ocean heat content anomaly from 1993 through 2005. Including the recent downturn, the average warming rate for the entire 13-year period is 0.33 +/- 0.23 W/m2 (of the Earth's total surface area). A new estimate of sampling error in the heat content record suggests that both the recent and previous global cooling events are significant and unlikely to be artifacts of inadequate ocean sampling.
Document ID
20080044771
Acquisition Source
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Lyman, John M.
(National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Washington, DC, United States)
Willis, Josh K.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Johnson, Gregory C.
(National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Washington, DC, United States)
Date Acquired
August 24, 2013
Publication Date
September 20, 2006
Publication Information
Publication: Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 33
Publisher: American Geophysical Union
Volume: 33
Subject Category
Oceanography
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
global cooling
global heat content

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