Warming of the world ocean, 1955-2003

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Levitus, S ^a   Antonov, J ^a   Boyer, T ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; HEAT TRANSFER; OCEANOGRAPHY;

MEAN TEM ERATURE; OCEAN HEAT CONTENT; WARMING; WORLD OCEAN;

GLOBAL WARMING;

GLOBAL OCEAN; WARMING;

EID: 16344394115     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021592     Document Type: Article

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