Global upper ocean heat content and climate variability
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Global upper ocean heat content and climate variability
Observational data from the Global Temperature and Salinity Profile Program were used to calculate the upper ocean heat content (OHC) anomaly. The thickness of the upper layer is taken as 300 m for the Pacific/Atlantic Ocean and 150 m for the Indian Ocean since the Indian Ocean has shallower thermoclines. First, the optimal spectral decomposition scheme was used to build up monthly synoptic tem...
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عنوان ژورنال: Ocean Dynamics
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1616-7341,1616-7228
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-011-0411-x