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Watanabe et al. 2013
Watanabe, M., Y. Kamae, M. Yoshimori, A. Oka, , M. Ishii, T. Mochizuki, and M. Kimoto, 2013: Strengthening of ocean heat uptake efficiency associated with the recent climate hiatus. Geophys. Res. Lett., 40, 3175-3179, doi:10.1002/grl.50541.
The rate of increase of global-mean surface air temperature (SATg) has apparently slowed during the last decade. We investigated the extent to which state-of-the-art general circulation models (GCMs) can capture this hiatus period by using multimodel ensembles of historical climate simulations. While the SATg linear trend for the last decade is not captured by their ensemble means regardless of differences in model generation and external forcing, it is barely represented by an 11-member ensemble of a GCM, suggesting an internal origin of the hiatus associated with active heat uptake by the oceans. Besides, we found opposite changes in ocean heat uptake efficiency (κ), weakening in models and strengthening in nature, which explain why the models tend to overestimate the SATg trend. The weakening of κ commonly found in GCMs seems to be an inevitable response of the climate system to global warming, suggesting the recovery from hiatus in coming decades.
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@article{wa06400o,
author={Watanabe, M. and Kamae, Y. and Yoshimori, M. and Oka, A. and Sato, M. and Ishii, M. and Mochizuki, T. and Kimoto, M.},
title={Strengthening of ocean heat uptake efficiency associated with the recent climate hiatus},
year={2013},
journal={Geophys. Res. Lett.},
volume={40},
pages={3175--3179},
doi={10.1002/grl.50541},
}
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TY - JOUR ID - wa06400o AU - Watanabe, M. AU - Kamae, Y. AU - Yoshimori, M. AU - Oka, A. AU - Sato, M. AU - Ishii, M. AU - Mochizuki, T. AU - Kimoto, M. PY - 2013 TI - Strengthening of ocean heat uptake efficiency associated with the recent climate hiatus JA - Geophys. Res. Lett. VL - 40 SP - 3175 EP - 3179 DO - 10.1002/grl.50541 ER -
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