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Assessing Deep and Abyssal Ocean Heat Content Changes With a Dynamically Consistent Ocean State Estimate

Zhang, Yang, Liang, Xinfeng, Chambers, Don P., and Huang, Minghai, 2025. Assessing Deep and Abyssal Ocean Heat Content Changes With a Dynamically Consistent Ocean State Estimate. Journal of Geophysical Research (Oceans), 130(3):2024JC020925, doi:10.1029/2024JC020925.

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@ARTICLE{2025JGRC..13020925Z,
       author = {{Zhang}, Yang and {Liang}, Xinfeng and {Chambers}, Don P. and {Huang}, Minghai},
        title = "{Assessing Deep and Abyssal Ocean Heat Content Changes With a Dynamically Consistent Ocean State Estimate}",
      journal = {Journal of Geophysical Research (Oceans)},
         year = 2025,
        month = mar,
       volume = {130},
       number = {3},
        pages = {2024JC020925},
     abstract = "{Because of the sparseness of existing observations, our understanding of
        deep (2,000{\textendash}4,000 m) and abyssal (>4,000 m) ocean
        heat content (OHC) changes remains limited. Previous studies
        utilizing repeated hydrographic section measurements identified
        a global warming trend in these layers. However, studies based
        on a widely used ocean state estimate ECCO v4 (Estimating the
        Circulation and Climate of the Ocean, version 4) show a
        contradictory cooling trend in the deep and abyssal Pacific and
        Indian Oceans. To examine if the sparseness of hydrographic
        measurements results in this contrasting conclusion, we
        conducted a sampling experiment with ECCO v4. Our results show
        that the signs of the OHC trends in the deep and abyssal oceans
        from the full spatial-temporal data and the sampled data are
        generally consistent. The largest uncertainties mainly occur in
        regions where the deep ocean is dominated by newly formed deep-
        water masses or where hydrographic sections are extremely
        sparse, such as the Northwest Atlantic Ocean and the Southern
        Ocean. Our findings also indicate that the discrepancies between
        ECCO v4 and observations in deep and abyssal OHC changes are not
        likely a sampling issue, and further studies are needed to
        determine the reasons.}",
          doi = {10.1029/2024JC020925},
       adsurl = {https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2025JGRC..13020925Z},
      adsnote = {Provided by the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System}
}

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