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

  1. S. Levitus,
  2. J. I. Antonov,
  3. T. P. Boyer,
  4. R. A. Locarnini,
  5. H. E. Garcia,
  6. A. V. Mishonov

Article first published online: 11 APR 2009

DOI: 10.1029/2008GL037155

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Geophysical Research Letters

Geophysical Research Letters

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Levitus, S., J. I. Antonov, T. P. Boyer, R. A. Locarnini, H. E. Garcia, and A. V. Mishonov (2009), Global ocean heat content 1955–2008 in light of recently revealed instrumentation problems, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L07608, doi:10.1029/2008GL037155.

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  1. National Oceanographic Data Center, NOAA, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 11 APR 2009
  2. Article first published online: 11 APR 2009
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 18 MAR 2009
  4. Manuscript Revised: 26 FEB 2009
  5. Manuscript Received: 31 DEC 2008

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Keywords:

  • ocean heat content

[1] 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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