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ABSTRACT: Key points
Observed maximum in ocean heat content trend in early 2000s is likely spuriousNet incoming radiation (N) reduced by 0.31 ± 0.21 W m-2 during the warming pausePresent-day estimates of N may contain opposing errors in radiative components.
SUBMITTER: Smith DM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4459179 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Smith Doug M DM Allan Richard P RP Coward Andrew C AC Eade Rosie R Hyder Patrick P Liu Chunlei C Loeb Norman G NG Palmer Matthew D MD Roberts Chris D CD Scaife Adam A AA
Geophysical research letters 20150219 4
Observational analyses of running 5 year ocean heat content trends (<i>H</i><sub>t</sub>) and net downward top of atmosphere radiation (<i>N</i>) are significantly correlated (<i>r</i> ∼ 0.6) from 1960 to 1999, but a spike in <i>H</i><sub>t</sub> in the early 2000s is likely spurious since it is inconsistent with estimates of <i>N</i> from both satellite observations and climate model simulations. Variations in <i>N</i> between 1960 and 2000 were dominated by volcanic eruptions and are well simu ...[more]