Observations: Oceanic Climate Change and Sea Level

Bindoff, NL and Willebrand, J and Artale, V and Cazenave, A and Gregory, JM and Gulev, S and Hanawa, K and Le Quéré, C and Levitus, S and Nojiri, Y and Shum, CK and Talley, LD and Unnikrishnan, AS (2007) Observations: Oceanic Climate Change and Sea Level. In: Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Cambridge University Press, pp. 385-432. ISBN 0521705967

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Abstract

The oceans are warming. Over the period 1961 to 2003, global ocean temperature has risen by 0.10°C from the surface to a depth of 700 m. Consistent with the Third Assessment Report (TAR), global ocean heat content (0– 3,000 m) has increased during the same period, equivalent to absorbing energy at a rate of 0.21 ± 0.04 W m–2 globally averaged over the Earth’s surface. Two-thirds of this energy is absorbed between the surface and a depth of 700 m. Global ocean heat content observations show considerable interannual and inter-decadal variability superimposed on the longer-term trend. Relative to 1961 to 2003, the period 1993 to 2003 has high rates of warming but since 2003 there has been some cooling.

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