Robust warming of the global upper ocean

Nature

Volumn 465, Issue 7296, 2010, Pages 334-337

  Lyman, John M ^a,b   Good, Simon A ^c   Gouretski, Viktor V ^d   Ishii, Masayoshi ^e,f   Johnson, Gregory C ^b   Palmer, Matthew D ^c   Smith, Doug M ^c   Willis, Josh K ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^e METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^f JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^g CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE MODELING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; RADIATION BALANCE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; UPPER OCEAN;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CONTINENTAL ICE; GEOLOGY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEAT; METHODOLOGY; OCEAN ENVIRONMENT; OCEAN HEAT CONTENT ANOMALY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RECALL BIAS; SAMPLING; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEA SURFACE WATERS; SPATIAL SOIL VARIABILITY; SURFACE CHARGE; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 77952694836     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature09043     Document Type: Article

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