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Global ocean heat content 1955–2008 in light of recently revealed instrumentation problems
Author(s) -
Levitus S.,
Antonov J. I.,
Boyer T. P.,
Locarnini R. A.,
Garcia H. E.,
Mishonov A. V.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/2008gl037155
Subject(s) - bathythermograph , argo , ocean heat content , effects of global warming on oceans , environmental science , climatology , float (project management) , instrumentation (computer programming) , global warming , ocean observations , meteorology , sea surface temperature , oceanography , geology , climate change , geography , computer science , engineering , marine engineering , operating system
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.