Global Ocean Heat and Thermospheric Sea Level Change
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 Limitations
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National Center for Atmospheric Research Staff (Eds). Last modified "The Climate Data Guide: Global Ocean Heat and Thermospheric Sea Level Change.” Retrieved from https://climatedataguide.ucar.edu/climate-data/global-ocean-heat-and-thermospheric-sea-level-change on 2026-03-05.
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Schneider, D. P., C. Deser, J. Fasullo, and K. E. Trenberth, 2013: Climate Data Guide Spurs Discovery and Understanding. Eos Trans. AGU, 94, 121–122, https://doi.org/10.1002/2013eo130001
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
- 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