The Human Impacts Database
A collection of useful numbers for quantifying the impacts of the human presence on Earth.Upper ocean temperature change
WaterOceans & SeasThis quantity is a single measurement of the quantity at a given point in time (2015).
| Value: |
0.19 ± 0.03 ℃
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This is equivalent to... 0.34 ± 0.06 °F |
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| HuID: | 69674 | |
| Relevant Year(s): | 2015 | |
| Summary: | Temperature increase of the upper 700 m of the ocean relative to the average temperature during reference years 1958-1962. | |
| Method: | This temperature increase is computed from the ocean heat uptake in the upper 700 m of the ocean, using the density and specific heat of seawater, as well as the surface area of the ocean. Ocean heat uptake trend for 0-700 m reported in Table S1 (supplementary information) of the article. The uncertainty reported is the 95% confidence interval of the temperature change with respect to the reference temperature (average temperature during pentadal period 1958-1962) rounded to one significant figure. | |
| Source: | Cheng, L., Trenberth, K. E., Fasullo, J., Boyer, T., Abraham, J. and Zhu, J. Improved estimates of ocean heat content from 1960 to 2015. Science Advances (2017) | |
| Dataset: |
Cumulative temperature increase of the upper ocean (cumulative_temp_increase_cheng2017.csv)
global resolution
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| Added By: | ilopezgo |
