Model-based evidence of deep-ocean heat uptake during surface-temperature hiatus periods

doi:10.1038/nclimate1229

Model-based evidence of deep-ocean heat uptake during surface-temperature hiatus periods

In some decades, such as 2000â€“2009, the observed globally averaged surface-temperature time series has shown a flat or slightly negative trend. A modelling study provides evidence that heat uptake by the deep ocean may cause these hiatus periods and may be linked to La NiÃ±a-like conditions.

Publication:: Nature Climate Change
Pub Date:: October 2011
DOI:: 10.1038/nclimate1229
Bibcode:: 2011NatCC...1..360M

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Model-based evidence of deep-ocean heat uptake during surface-temperature hiatus periods

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