According to a big chunk of
ocean surface temperature recorded by boat, the oceans were not warming nearly as quickly as the rest of the planet.
Not exact matches
The finding surprised the University of Arizona - led research team, because the sparse instrumental
records for sea
surface temperature for that part of the eastern tropical Pacific
Ocean did not show warming.
Studies of historical
records in India suggest that reduced monsoon rainfall in central India has occurred when the sea
surface temperatures in specific regions of the Pacific
Ocean were warmer than normal.
Land and
Ocean Combined: The combined average temperature over global land and ocean surfaces for August 2014 was the record highest for the month, at 61.45 °F (16.35 °C), or 1.35 °F (0.75 °C) above the 20th century average of 60.1 °F (15.6
Ocean Combined: The combined average
temperature over global land and
ocean surfaces for August 2014 was the record highest for the month, at 61.45 °F (16.35 °C), or 1.35 °F (0.75 °C) above the 20th century average of 60.1 °F (15.6
ocean surfaces for August 2014 was the
record highest for the month, at 61.45 °F (16.35 °C), or 1.35 °F (0.75 °C) above the 20th century average of 60.1 °F (15.6 °C).
The global average
temperature over land and
ocean surfaces for January to October 2014 was the highest on
record, according to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
According to NOAA scientists, the globally averaged
temperature over land and
ocean surfaces for August 2014 was the highest for August since
record keeping began in 1880.
Ocean Only: The August global sea
surface temperature was 1.17 °F (0.65 °C) above the 20th century average of 61.4 °F (16.4 °C), the highest on
record for August.
Ocean Only: The global ocean surface temperature for the year to date was 0.99 °F (0.55 °C) above average, tying with 2010 as the second warmest such period on record, behind only
Ocean Only: The global
ocean surface temperature for the year to date was 0.99 °F (0.55 °C) above average, tying with 2010 as the second warmest such period on record, behind only
ocean surface temperature for the year to date was 0.99 °F (0.55 °C) above average, tying with 2010 as the second warmest such period on
record, behind only 1998.
Ocean Only: The June - August global sea
surface temperature was 1.13 °F (0.63 °C), above the 20th century average of 61.5 °F (16.4 °C), the highest for June - August on
record.
The new analysis combines sea -
surface temperature records with meteorological station measurements and tests alternative choices for
ocean records, urban warming and tropical and Arctic oscillations.
If
ocean -
surface temperatures during the Eocene were on the high end of what is suggested by paleo - climate
records — 35 to 41 °C — then
temperatures in the interior of continents in the tropics would have been up to 10 °C higher.
The June 2013 globally - averaged
temperature across
ocean surfaces was the 10th highest in the 134 - year period of
record, at 0.48 °C (0.86 °F) above the 20th century average.
With
records dating back to 1880, the global
temperature across the world's land and
ocean surfaces for August 2014 was 0.75 °C (1.35 °F) higher than the 20th century average of 15.6 °C (60.1 °F).
Note the more spatially uniform warming in the satellite tropospheric
record while the
surface temperature changes more clearly relate to land and
ocean.
The
oceans are heating up: Not only was Earth's
temperature record warm in 2014, but so were the global
oceans, as sea
surface temperatures and the heat of the upper
oceans also hit
record highs.
The January global land
surface temperature was also second highest on
record, while the global
ocean surface temperature was third highest.
The annually - averaged
temperature for
ocean surfaces around the world was 0.74 °C (1.33 °F) higher than the 20th century average, easily breaking the previous
record of 2014 by 0.11 °C (0.20 °F).
With the contribution of such
record warmth at year's end and with 10 months of the year
record warm for their respective months, including the last 8 (January was second warmest for January and April was third warmest), the average global
temperature across land and
ocean surface areas for 2015 was 0.90 °C (1.62 °F) above the 20th century average of 13.9 °C (57.0 °F), beating the previous
record warmth of 2014 by 0.16 °C (0.29 °F).
The warmth was due to the near -
record strong El Niño that developed during the Northern Hemisphere spring in the eastern and central equatorial Pacific
Ocean and to large regions of record warm and much warmer - than - average sea surface temperatures in parts of every major ocean b
Ocean and to large regions of
record warm and much warmer - than - average sea
surface temperatures in parts of every major
ocean b
ocean basin.
A typical oceanographic mooring, like one deployed in the northwest Atlantic
Ocean by the Global Ocean Ecoystems Dynamics (GLOBEC) program, holds a large array of instrumentation: seven current meters, seven temperature gauges, three optical turbidity scanners, four salinity / conductivity / pressure meters, and one Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) that records surface ocean current patterns around the moo
Ocean by the Global
Ocean Ecoystems Dynamics (GLOBEC) program, holds a large array of instrumentation: seven current meters, seven temperature gauges, three optical turbidity scanners, four salinity / conductivity / pressure meters, and one Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) that records surface ocean current patterns around the moo
Ocean Ecoystems Dynamics (GLOBEC) program, holds a large array of instrumentation: seven current meters, seven
temperature gauges, three optical turbidity scanners, four salinity / conductivity / pressure meters, and one Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) that
records surface ocean current patterns around the moo
ocean current patterns around the mooring.
Across the world's
oceans, the September — November average sea
surface temperature was 0.84 °C (1.51 °F) above the 20th century average of 16.0 °C (60.7 °F), the highest for September — November on
record, surpassing the previous
record set last year by 0.27 °C (0.15 °F).
Most of Earth's land
surfaces were warmer than average or much warmer than average, according to the Land &
Ocean Temperature Percentiles map above, with
record warmth notable across most of equatorial and northeastern South America and parts of southeastern Asia.
For the
oceans, the November global sea
surface temperature was 0.84 °C (1.51 °F) above the 20th century average of 15.8 °C (60.4 °F), the highest for November on
record, surpassing the previous
record set last year by 0.20 °C (0.36 °F).
The December 2015 globally - averaged
temperature across land and
ocean surfaces was 1.11 °C (2.00 °F) above the 20th century average of 12.2 °C (54.0 °F), the highest for any month since
records began in 1880, surpassing the previous all - time
record set two months ago in October by 0.12 °C (0.21 °F).
The June globally averaged sea
surface temperature was 1.39 °F above the 20th century monthly average of 61.5 °F — the highest global
ocean temperature for June in the 1880 — 2016
record, surpassing the previous
record set in 2015 by 0.05 °F.
Record high sea
surface temperatures across most of the Indian
Ocean, along with parts of the Atlantic
Ocean, and southwest Pacific
Ocean contributed to the May warmth.
Record high sea
surface temperatures across most of the North Indian
Ocean, along with parts of the central equatorial and southwest Pacific
Ocean contributed to the April warmth.
The May globally averaged sea
surface temperature was 1.37 °F above the 20th century monthly average of 61.3 °F — the highest global
ocean temperature for May in the 1880 — 2016
record, surpassing the previous
record set in 2015 by 0.09 °F.
Much warmer - than - average
temperatures engulfed most of the world's
oceans during June 2016, with
record high sea
surface temperatures across parts of the central and southwest Pacific
Ocean, northwestern and southwestern Atlantic
Ocean, and across parts of the northeastern Indian
Ocean.
It is more striking for
Ocean Heat Content which so far you have avoided, despite it being a considerably less noisy
record than
surface temperature.
Similar to the March — May global land and
ocean surface temperature, the March — May land
surface temperature was also the fourth highest three - month departure from average for any three - month period on
record.
The April globally averaged sea
surface temperature was 1.44 °F above the 20th century monthly average of 60.9 °F — the highest global
ocean temperature for April in the 1880 — 2016
record, surpassing the previous
record set in 2015 by 0.25 °F and besting 1998, the last time a similar strength El Niño occurred, by 0.43 °F.
The July globally averaged sea
surface temperature was 1.42 °F above the 20th century monthly average of 61.5 °F — the highest global
ocean temperature for July in the 1880 — 2016
record, surpassing the previous
record set in 2015 by 0.07 °F.
«2015 is likely to be the hottest year on
record with
ocean surface temperatures at the highest level since measurements began.
The globally averaged
temperature over land and
ocean surfaces for 2015 was the highest among all years since
record keeping began in 1880.
What we think of as the modern
temperature record is made up of many thousands of measurements from the air above land and the
ocean surface, collected by ships, buoys and sometimes satellites, too.
Since NOAA began keeping
records in 1880, the combined global land and
ocean surface temperature was the warmest on
record for both April and for the period from January through April in 2010.
During the final month, the December combined global land and
ocean average
surface temperature was the highest on
record for any month in the 136 - year
record.
The September globally averaged sea
surface temperature was 1.33 °F above the 20th century monthly average of 61.1 °F, tying with 2014 as the second highest global
ocean temperature for September in the 1880 — 2016
record, behind 2015 by 0.16 °F.
This year has seen
record high sea
surface temperatures in the Nino3.4 region, the area of the Pacific
Ocean where these events are commonly measured.
During the final month, the December combined global land and
ocean average
surface temperature was the third highest for December in the 137 - year
record.
The satellites provide long - term, continuous information about what's happening on the
ocean's
surface,
recording sea level and
surface temperatures, for example.
Those
record such information from beneath the
ocean's
surface as air and
ocean temperature and the speed and direction of
ocean currents.
In addition, since the global
surface temperature records are a measure that responds to albedo changes (volcanic aerosols, cloud cover, land use, snow and ice cover) solar output, and differences in partition of various forcings into the
oceans / atmosphere / land / cryosphere, teasing out just the effect of CO2 + water vapor over the short term is difficult to impossible.
«The global annual
temperature for combined land and
ocean surfaces for 2007 is expected to be near 58.0 °F and would be the fifth warmest since
records began in 1880.
More than 95 % of the 5 yr running mean of the
surface temperature change since 1850 can be replicated by an integration of the sunspot data (as a proxy for
ocean heat content), departing from the average value over the period of the sunspot
record (~ 40SSN), plus the superimposition of a ~ 60 yr sinusoid representing the observed oceanic oscillations.
-- The combined global land and
ocean average
surface temperature for the December — February period was 0.41 °C (0.74 °F) above the 20th century average of 12.1 °C (53.8 °F), making it the 17th warmest such period on
record and the coolest December — February since 2008.
The global
ocean surface temperature for the year to date was 0.34 °C (0.61 °F) above the 20th century average and was the 14th warmest such period on
record.
The global
ocean surface temperature for the same period was 0.33 °C (0.59 °F) above the 20th century average and was the 15th warmest such period on
record.
The paleoclimate
record (8.2 kyr, and earlier «large lake collapses») shows a dramatic drop in
surface temperatures for a substantial period of time when the
ocean circulation shuts off or changes, but is that actually what would be expected under these warming conditions?