(See Hansen et al, 2005: where the increase
in ocean heat content per square meter of surface, in the upper 750m, according to typical models, is around 6.0 Watt · year / m2 per year, which converts to 0.7 × 10 ^ 22 Joules per year for the entire ocean as explained at Bob Tisdale's site.
Linear trends (1955 — 2003) of change
in ocean heat content per unit surface area (W m — 2) for the 0 to 700 m layer, based on the work of Levitus et al. (2005a).
Linear trends (1955 — 2003) of change
in ocean heat content per unit surface area (W m — 2) for the 0 to 700 m layer, based on the work of Levitus et al. (2005a).
Not exact matches
If we consider the rise
in ocean heat content it's about 2.5 x 10 ^ 23 since the mid 1960s and so about 5 x 10 ^ 21 J
per year.
The rate of warming as measured by
ocean heat content changes over the last 4 years shows that we have DOUBLED the top - of - atmosphere energy imbalance from 0.6 watts
per meter squared to 1.1 watts
per meter squared
in the last 7 years.