Sentences with phrase «ocean heat»

Failure to include this aspect of ocean heat content changes the shape of the curve.

Some important aspects were not understood back then, like the role of greenhouse gases other than CO2, of aerosol particles and of ocean heat storage.

A major feature of Figure 5.1 is the relatively large increase in global ocean heat content during 1969 to 1980 and a sharp decrease during 1980 to 1983.

Let's think about the implications for ocean heat uptake.

And very importantly, prior to 1957 we do nt have any meaningful data on ocean heat content.

As well as ocean heat uptake, these estimates included energy change in the atmosphere, land and from ice melt.

Significant changes in ice cover and the moisture balance were seen, consistent with the feedbacks believed to be associated with ocean heat transport changes.

There have been advances in the last decade or so in measuring ocean heat content.

As for sea temperatures, they are less significant for analyzing «global warming» than estimated total ocean heat content.

Rather than look at surface temperature, try looking at ocean heat content.

I don't think he's just talking about less evaporation meaning less ocean heat loss.

It touches on current areas of active debate and ongoing research, such as the link between ocean heat content and the rate of warming.

The tough question is how to calculate ocean heat content uptake from model output, any ideas?

These lessons show how satellite measurements serve to track ocean heating patterns and variability.

Then they used the climate models to simulate by how much ocean heat content has risen since the 1970s.

If ocean heat is a guide, then global warming is still on track to cause great disruption if we don't modify our actions to reduce the release of anthropogenic CO2.

We know the shift occurred, and we know ocean heat content had been rising prior, and pretty much ever since.

In other words, what ocean heat content increase?

What does this tell us about the general state of the system, scientifically speaking, that ocean heat waves are now 33 % more likely and are having such devastating effects?

Net ocean heat content changes are very closely tied to the net radiative imbalance of the planet since the ocean component of the climate system has by far the biggest heat capacity.

But I imagine we didn't have accurate ocean heat content measurements then.

It's so named because it is the interface where ocean heat is lost to the atmosphere, and therefore becomes cooler than the water immediately below.

Still, if measurements could demonstrate a gradual increase in stored ocean heat, one would be forced to consider possible mechanisms.

The only reason why ocean heat uptake does have an impact is the fact that it is highly concentrated at the surface, where the warming is therefore noticeable (see Fig. 1).

The same mechanism explains why at the end of ice ages deep southern ocean heating / currents start 2000 years before any atmospheric CO2 rise.