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Yearly estimates of near-global ocean heat content and thermosteric sea level between 1970 - 2023, depth-integrated over upper ocean (0-700 m) for 65N-65S

This dataset provides yearly estimates of near-global (65N-65S) ocean heat content and thermosteric sea-level depth-integrated for the upper 700 meters of the ocean for 1970 - 2023. The yearly values are presented with three-year smoothing and one-sigma error estimates. The dataset builds upon and updates the methodology established in Domingues et al. (2008, Nature), incorporating temperature measurements from ocean observation systems and applying corrections for instrumental biases and sampling irregularities. To estimate ocean heat content for the upper 700 m and the associated thermosteric sea level, we used ocean temperature profiles from the ENACT/ENSEMBLES version 3 (EN3) data set (1970-2004), and Argo/Ifremer profiling floats (2000-2023, updated January 2024). Empirical Orthogonal Functions (EOFs) were used to model variability of the time-varying sea level and were calculated from 23 years (1993–2015) of satellite altimeter data sourced from Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), (TOPEX/Poseidon, Jason-1, Jason-2 and Jason-3).

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Alternate title
British Oceanographic Data Centre record 1048_global_ocean_heat_content
Date (Publication)
2025-03-24
Date (Creation)
2024-12-19
Date (Revision)
2025-03-24
Identifier
http://www.bodc.ac.uk/ / EDMED7381
Owner
  British Oceanographic Data Centre - Unknown ( Unknown )
Joseph Proudman Building , 6 Brownlow Street , Liverpool , Merseyside , L3 5DA , United Kingdom
https://www.bodc.ac.uk/
Originator
  British Oceanographic Data Centre - Unknown ( Unknown )
Joseph Proudman Building , 6 Brownlow Street , Liverpool , Merseyside , L3 5DA , United Kingdom
https://www.bodc.ac.uk/
Custodian
  British Oceanographic Data Centre - Director
Joseph Proudman Building , 6 Brownlow Street , Liverpool , Merseyside , L3 5DA , United Kingdom
https://www.bodc.ac.uk/
Distributor
  British Oceanographic Data Centre - Director
Joseph Proudman Building , 6 Brownlow Street , Liverpool , Merseyside , L3 5DA , United Kingdom
https://www.bodc.ac.uk/
Maintenance and update frequency
asNeeded As needed
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • Oceanographic geographical features
MEDIN metadata record availability
  • Marine Environmental Data and Information Network
  • data.gov.uk
  • Natural Environment Research Council Designated Data Centres
SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages
  • unknown
SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary
  • Transport in the water column
Access constraints
otherRestrictions Other restrictions
Other constraints
No limitations apply
Other constraints
Data are freely available to all following agreement to the terms and conditions of a Data Licence
Use constraints
otherRestrictions Other restrictions
Other constraints
Usage restrictions are specified in the terms of the licence
Spatial representation type
Text, table
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Topic category
  • Oceans
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Geographic identifier
World

Date (Revision)
2024-12-11

Begin date
1970-01-01
End date
2023-12-30
Supplemental Information

Publication year: 2008-06-19

Publication title: Improved estimates of upper-ocean warming and multi-decadal sea-level rise

Publication authors: Domingues, C., Church, J., White, N., Gleckler, P.J, Wijffels, S.E., Barker, P.A., Dunn, J.R.

Publication editors: Nature

Unique resource identifier
urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
Codespace
OGP
Distribution format
  • Binary ()

  • Delimited ()

  • Text or Plaintext ()

OnLine resource
Published dataset - doi:10.5285/2b0b42db-1aa8-0429-e063-7086abc0a321

Domingues C.M., Church J.A., White N.J., Gleckler P.J., Wijffels S.E., Barker P.M., Dunn J.R., Monselesan D.P., Legresy B., Savita A. (2025). Yearly observational estimates of near-global upper-ocean heat content and thermosteric sea level from 1970 to 2023, depth-integrated over 700 m for 65N-65S NERC EDS British Oceanographic Data Centre NOC doi: 10.5285/2b0b42db-1aa8-0429-e063-7086abc0a321

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dataset Dataset

Conformance result

Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Explanation
BODC protocols are based on the Open Archival Information System (OAIS) model enabling BODC to iterate towards compliance with the on-going evolution and development of community requirements including FAIR (Findable,Accessible,Interoperable,Reusable), TRUST (Transparency, Responsibility, User community, Sustainability, Technology) and CARE (Collective Benefit, Authority to Control, Responsibility, Ethics). Data managers quality assure submissions and assemble the metadata necessary for curation. Submissions (as received) are placed in a long-term accession and stored in triplicate across multiple sites. Appropriate data are transferred into a standard internal format with source variable names mapped to controlled vocabularies, documentation assembled, and metadata loaded into BODC databases. Access to these data is through direct request, the BODC website and through partner repositories such as SeaDataNet. Access control is attained by assigning a data policy to each set of data and this policy is used to administer access when data are requested. Discovery metadata is aligned with EU INSPIRE (through MEDIN) and SeaDataNet community standards. Data are converted to open community formats including Ocean Data View ASCII and SeaDataNet NetCDF, with data described using terms from the NERC vocabulary server. BODC submission agreements are documented on the BODC website and customer service is assured with a dedicated requests team that serve data following local regulations including General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) 2018 and Environmental Information Regulations (EIR) 2004.
Pass
Yes
Statement
This dataset was created by the organisations with the "originator" role in this metadata record following their in-house data processing and quality control procedures. The data were then provided to the British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC) for long-term archive and data publication in the BODC Published Data Library
File identifier
33af2fd6e1f155ba97ec626bbcde0998 XML
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2025-06-05T15:08:36
Metadata standard name
MEDIN
Metadata standard version
3.1.2
Point of contact
  British Oceanographic Data Centre - Polly Hadžiabdić ( Enquiries Officer )
Joseph Proudman Building , 6 Brownlow Street , Liverpool , Merseyside , L3 5DA , United Kingdom
https://www.bodc.ac.uk/
 
 

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