Past and future ocean warming

L Cheng, K von Schuckmann, JP Abraham… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Changes in ocean heat content (OHC) provide a measure of ocean warming, with
impacts on the Earth system. This Review synthesizes estimates of past and future OHC …

An imperative to monitor Earth's energy imbalance

K von Schuckmann, MD Palmer, KE Trenberth… - Nature Climate …, 2016 - nature.com
The current Earth's energy imbalance (EEI) is mostly caused by human activity, and is
driving global warming. The absolute value of EEI represents the most fundamental metric …

OMIP contribution to CMIP6: Experimental and diagnostic protocol for the physical component of the Ocean Model Intercomparison Project

SM Griffies, G Danabasoglu, PJ Durack… - Geoscientific Model …, 2016 - gmd.copernicus.org
The Ocean Model Intercomparison Project (OMIP) is an endorsed project in the Coupled
Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6). OMIP addresses CMIP6 science …

Future Southern Ocean warming linked to projected ENSO variability

G Wang, W Cai, A Santoso, L Wu, JC Fyfe… - Nature Climate …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract The Southern Ocean is a primary heat sink that buffers atmospheric warming and
has warmed substantially, accounting for an outsized portion of global warming-induced …

Antarctic shelf ocean warming and sea ice melt affected by projected El Niño changes

W Cai, F Jia, S Li, A Purich, G Wang, L Wu… - Nature Climate …, 2023 - nature.com
Antarctic shelf ocean warming affects melt of ice shelf/sheets and sea ice but projected
changes vary vastly across climate models. A projected increase in El Niño variability has …

Southern ocean warming

JB Sallée - Oceanography, 2018 - JSTOR
The Southern Ocean plays a fundamental role in global climate. With no continental barriers,
it distributes climate signals among the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans through its fast …

The Flux-Anomaly-Forced Model Intercomparison Project (FAFMIP) contribution to CMIP6: investigation of sea-level and ocean climate change in response to CO2 …

JM Gregory, N Bouttes, SM Griffies… - Geoscientific Model …, 2016 - gmd.copernicus.org
The Flux-Anomaly-Forced Model Intercomparison Project (FAFMIP) aims to investigate the
spread in simulations of sea-level and ocean climate change in response to CO 2 forcing by …

Evolving relative importance of the Southern Ocean and North Atlantic in anthropogenic ocean heat uptake

JR Shi, SP **e, LD Talley - Journal of Climate, 2018 - journals.ametsoc.org
Ocean uptake of anthropogenic heat over the past 15 years has mostly occurred in the
Southern Ocean, based on Argo float observations. This agrees with historical simulations …

The inconstancy of the transient climate response parameter under increasing CO2

JM Gregory, T Andrews, P Good - … Transactions of the …, 2015 - royalsocietypublishing.org
In the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 (CMIP5), the model-mean increase
in global mean surface air temperature T under the 1pctCO2 scenario (atmospheric CO2 …

Southern Ocean heat uptake, redistribution, and storage in a warming climate: The role of meridional overturning circulation

W Liu, J Lu, SP **e, A Fedorov - Journal of Climate, 2018 - journals.ametsoc.org
Climate models show that most of the anthropogenic heat resulting from increased
atmospheric CO 2 enters the Southern Ocean near 60° S and is stored around 45° S. This …