Sentences with phrase «increase in ocean heat content»

[2] This, in turn, could have driven the higher rate of increase in ocean heat content shown in [1].

And of course those who argue that global warming has magically stopped conveniently ignore the continued increase in ocean heat content (Figure 6).

The global increase in ocean heat content during the period 1993 to 2003 in two ocean models constrained by assimilating altimetric sea level and other observations (Carton et al., 2005; Köhl et al., 2006) is considerably larger than these observational estimates.

Least unexpected observations: (Joint winners) 2008 near - record minima in Arctic sea ice extent, last decade of record warmth, long term increases in ocean heat content, record increases in CO2 emissions.

The global increase in ocean heat content during the period 1993 to 2003 in two ocean models constrained by assimilating altimetric sea level and other observations (Carton et al., 2005; Köhl et al., 2006) is considerably larger than these observational estimates.

The biggest increases in ocean heat content were in those deeper layers, showing «that the deep ocean has played an increasingly important role in the ocean energy budget since 1998,» according to the study.

The region also experienced the highest rates of sea - level rise over the world, indicating large increases in ocean heat content and leading to substantial impacts on small island states in the region.

Least unexpected observations: (Joint winners) 2006 near - record minima in Arctic sea ice extent, near - record maxima in Northern Hemisphere temperatures, resumed increase in ocean heat content, record increases in CO2 emissions

This was explicitly discussed in Hansen et al, 1997 where they predicted that over the last few decades of the 20th Century, there should have been a significant increase in ocean heat content (OHC).

This means that the heat content was «reset» to this earlier value, whereas the multi-decadal global climate model projects a more - or-less monotonic increase in ocean heat content.

Thus the fast increase in ocean heat content 1990 - 2000 is likely a composite of forced warming and natural variability.

The region has also experienced the world's highest rates of sea - level rise in recent decades, indicating large increases in ocean heat content and leading to substantial impacts on small island states in the region.

The biggest increases in ocean heat content were in those deeper layers, showing «that the deep ocean has played an increasingly important role in the ocean energy budget since 1998,» according to the study.

The increase in ocean heat content is much larger than any other store of energy in the Earth's heat balance over the two periods 1961 to 2003 and 1993 to 2003, and accounts for more than 90 % of the possible increase in heat content of the Earth system during these periods.

A comparison of the linear trends from these two series indicates that about 69 % of the increase in ocean heat content during 1955 to 1998 (the period when estimates from both time series are available) occurred in the upper 700 m of the World Ocean.

This increase in ocean heat content corresponds to an average heating rate of 0.21 ± 0.04 W m — 2 for the Earth's surface.

This allows the remaining heat to be transported down deeper into the ocean, causing an increase in ocean heat content over the long - term.

The key observation here is the increase in ocean heat content over the last half century (the figure below shows three estimates of the changes since 1955).

First note that the increase in ocean heat content is tightly constrained.

Despite the variability, the long - term increase in ocean heat content is real and can not be dismissed as an artifact of measurement error, said climate scientist Michael Mann of Penn State.

This increase in ocean heat content corresponds to an average heating rate of 0.21 ± 0.04 W m — 2 for the Earth's surface.

A comparison of the linear trends from these two series indicates that about 69 % of the increase in ocean heat content during 1955 to 1998 (the period when estimates from both time series are available) occurred in the upper 700 m of the World Ocean.

I was interested in the claim of «no increase in ocean heat content».

It says that the study of Gouretski and Koltermann (2007, GRL 34) has reduced the 1957 - 1997 increase in ocean heat content (0 - 3000m) by about 38 % and that this would be a big problem for climate models.

The observed patterns of surface warming, temperature changes through the atmosphere, increases in ocean heat content, increases in atmospheric moisture, sea level rise, and increased melting of land and sea ice also match the patterns scientists expect to see due to rising levels of CO2 and other human - induced changes (see Question 5).

'' [the increase in ocean heat content] can not be explained by natural internal climate variability or solar and volcanic forcing, but is well simulated by two anthropogenically forced climate models.