How much is the ocean really warming?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Gouretski, Viktor ^a   Koltermann, Klaus Peter ^b  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNESCO   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BATHYMETRY; ENTHALPY; GLOBAL WARMING; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS;

EXPENDABLE BATHYTHERMOGRAPHS (XBT); GLOBAL OCEAN; HYDROGRAPHIC DATASET; OCEAN HEAT CONTENT;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA SET; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEAT FLUX; HYDROGRAPHY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WARMING;

EID: 34548044450     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027834     Document Type: Article

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