Global Ocean Heat and Thermospheric Sea Level Change
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Using updated data from the World Ocean Database (Boyer et al, 2009) and improved ARGO profiling data, new estimates of ocean heat content and thermospheric sea level change (0-2000m) for the period 1955-2010 are derived.
Key Strengths
Key Strengths
Uses data not previously available; bathermographic data corrected for instrumental bias; improved Argo data
Error estimates
Key Limitations
Key Limitations
Individual grid points can be 'noisy.'
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Suggested Data Citation
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Data Access
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Key Figures
Vertically integrated thermospheric sea level change for the 3-month period centered on Feb. 2010. (Climate Data Guide; D. Shea)
Vertically (0-700m) integrated thermospheric sea level change for the Atlantic Basin. (Climate Data Guide; D. Shea)
Other Information
Earth system components and main variables
Type of data product
Dataset collections
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Years of record
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Data time period extended
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Timestep
Monthly, Seasonal, Annual
Domain
Input Data
bathythermograph, Argo profiler
Vertical Levels:
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Missing Data Flag
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Ocean or Land
Ocean Only
Spatial Resolution
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Model Resolution (reanalysis)
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Data Assimilation Method
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Model Vintage (reanalysis)
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Key Publications
- Levitus et al, (2012): World ocean heat content and thermosteric sea level change (0–2000 m), 1955–2010. GRL VOL. 39, L10603
- Boyer, T. P., et al. (2009), World Ocean Database 2009, vol. 1, Introduction, NOAA Atlas NESDIS, vol. 66, edited by S. Levitus, 219 pp., NOAA, Silver Spring, Md.
- Wijffels, S. A et al (2011): Revisiting Halosteric and Thermosteric Sea-level Rise 1950-2000