Flatline in total air heat content,
flatline in air temperature, and yet some energy is flowing from the air into the ocean, going downwards.
Not exact matches
You created the requirement of a net transfer from the atmosphere to the ocean, whereas I explained with two examples that the greenhouse effect can put heat
in the oceans due to a change
in greenhouse gases despite a
flatlining in surface
temperatures of both ocean and
air AND an uninterrupted net transfer from ocean to
air.
The global warming signal itself is a multidecadal feature of the climate, but just like the seasonal example above, it has been possible at times to take one period of one
temperature record - surface
air temperatures in most cases - and do a «January - February» job with it, thereby making the claim that
temperatures are
flatlining or even cooling.