As shown in figure 4, Meehl et al's climate model simulations had the bulk of the ocean heat storage occurring in the Southern Ocean and the Pacific, but most deep
ocean storage during IPO - equivalent decades was in the Atlantic and Southern Oceans.
Not exact matches
During the ice ages,
storage of the greenhouse gas CO2 in the Southern
Ocean contributed significantly to global cooling.
One explanation (ix) conceived in the 1980s invokes more stratification, less upwelling of carbon and nutrient - rich waters to the surface of the Southern
Ocean and increased carbon
storage at depth
during glacial times.
And another question, why is the hiatus period
during the 1960s not reflected in a larger heat
storage in the deep
ocean?
Likewise, Cazenave 2014 had published according to altimetry data, sea level had decelerated from 3.5 mm / yr in the 1990s to 2.5 mm / yr
during 2003 - 2011, and that deceleration could be explained by increased terrestrial water
storage, and the pause in
ocean warming reported by Argo data.
So, despite most of the heat entering into the
ocean via the Pacific, there's no realistic expectation that all the heat
storage during the current negative phase of the IPO would be stored there.
Me — The Wong reference says — «The drop in the global
ocean heat
storage in the later part of 1998 is associated with cooling of the global
ocean after the rapid warming of the
ocean during the 1997 — 98 El Niño event (Willis et al. 2004).»
«The drop in the global
ocean heat
storage in the later part of 1998 is associated with cooling of the global
ocean after the rapid warming of the
ocean during the 1997 — 98 El Niño event (Willis et al. 2004).»