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Tracking ocean heat uptake during the surface warming hiatus

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  • Wei Liu

    (Climate, Atmospheric Sciences, and Physical Oceanography (CASPO), Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California)

  • Shang-Ping Xie

    (Climate, Atmospheric Sciences, and Physical Oceanography (CASPO), Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California)

  • Jian Lu

    (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)

Abstract

Ocean heat uptake is observed to penetrate deep into the Atlantic and Southern Oceans during the recent hiatus of global warming. Here we show that the deep heat penetration in these two basins is not unique to the hiatus but is characteristic of anthropogenic warming and merely reflects the depth of the mean meridional overturning circulation in the basin. We find, however, that heat redistribution in the upper 350 m between the Pacific and Indian Oceans is closely tied to the surface warming hiatus. The Indian Ocean shows an anomalous warming below 50 m during hiatus events due to an enhanced heat transport by the Indonesian throughflow in response to the intensified trade winds in the equatorial Pacific. Thus, the Pacific and Indian Oceans are the key regions to track ocean heat uptake during the surface warming hiatus.

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  • Wei Liu & Shang-Ping Xie & Jian Lu, 2016. "Tracking ocean heat uptake during the surface warming hiatus," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 7(1), pages 1-9, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:7:y:2016:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms10926
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10926
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    1. James H. Stock, 2019. "Climate Change, Climate Policy, and Economic Growth," NBER Chapters, in: NBER Macroeconomics Annual 2019, volume 34, pages 399-419, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

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