Surface warming hiatus caused by increased heat uptake across multiple ocean basins

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作者
Drijfhout, S. S. [1 ]
Blaker, A. T. [2 ]
Josey, S. A. [2 ]
Nurser, A. J. G. [2 ]
Sinha, B. [2 ]
Balmaseda, M. A. [3 ]
机构
[1] Univ Southampton, NOCS, Southampton, Hants, England
[2] Natl Oceanog Ctr, Southampton, Hants, England
[3] European Ctr Medium Range Weather Forecasts, Reading RG2 9AX, Berks, England
关键词
climate hiatus; NORTH-ATLANTIC; REANALYSIS; PREDICTION; SLOWDOWN; PACIFIC; FLUX;
D O I
10.1002/2014GL061456
中图分类号
P [天文学、地球科学];
学科分类号
07 ;
摘要
The first decade of the 21st century was characterized by a hiatus in global surface warming. Using ocean model hindcasts and reanalyses we show that heat uptake between the 1990s and 2000s increased by 0.7 0.3Wm(-2). Approximately 30% of the increase is associated with colder sea surface temperatures in the eastern Pacific. Other basins contribute via reduced heat loss to the atmosphere, in particular, the Southern and subtropical Indian Oceans (30%) and the subpolar North Atlantic (40%). A different mechanism is important at longer timescales (1960s-present) over which the Southern Annular Mode trended upward. In this period, increased ocean heat uptake has largely arisen from reduced heat loss associated with reduced winds over the Agulhas Return Current and southward displacement of Southern Ocean westerlies.
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页码:7868 / 7874
页数:7
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