HR: 13:40h
AN: OS13D-01    [Abstracts]
TI: Variability of Ocean Heat Content, Freshwater Content, and Steric Sea Level for the World Ocean- 1955-2002
AU: * Levitus, S
EM: sydney.levitus@noaa.gov
AF: NODC/NOAA, E/OC5, 1315 East West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910 United States
AU: Antonov, J
EM: john. antonov@noaa.gov
AF: NODC/NOAA, E/OC5, 1315 East West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910 United States
AU: Boyer, T
EM: tim.boyer@noaa.gov
AF: NODC/NOAA, E/OC5, 1315 East West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910 United States
AB: We present estimates of the interdecadal variability of ocean heat content, freshwater content, and steric sea level for the world ocean during 1955-2002. We use the data in "World Ocean Database 2001" plus additional data recently acquired. Our new estimates are based on an additional 2 million historical and modern temperature profiles compared to earlier estimates.
DE: 4215 Climate and interannual variability (3309)
DE: 4556 Sea level variations
DE: 4599 General or miscellaneous
SC: Ocean Sciences [OS]
MN: 2004 AGU Fall Meeting