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Open AccessNew Record Ocean Temperatures and Related Climate Indicators in 2023
The global physical and biogeochemical environment has been substantially altered in response to increased atmospheric greenhouse gases from human activities. In 2023, the sea surface temperature (SST) and upp...
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Thermal programming of triple-shape-memory epoxy with flexible segments and Diels–Alder networks
This study reports the innovative preparation of triple-shape-memory epoxy resin (EP-DA) through thermal programming. Flexible poly(propylene glycol) diglycidyl ether (PEGDE) segments and reversible Diels–Alde...
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Open AccessAnother Year of Record Heat for the Oceans
Changes in ocean heat content (OHC), salinity, and stratification provide critical indicators for changes in Earth’s energy and water cycles. These cycles have been profoundly altered due to the emission of gr...
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Open AccessAnother Record: Ocean Warming Continues through 2021 despite La Niña Conditions
The increased concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere from human activities traps heat within the climate system and increases ocean heat content (OHC). Here, we provide the first analysis of recen...
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Upper Ocean Temperatures Hit Record High in 2020
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Validation and correction of sea surface salinity retrieval from SMAP
In this study, sea surface salinity (SSS) Level 3 (L3) daily product derived from soil moisture active passive (SMAP) during the year 2016, was validated and compared with SSS daily products derived from soil ...
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Record-Setting Ocean Warmth Continued in 2019
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2018 Continues Record Global Ocean Warming
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Roles of initial ocean states on predicting the 2002/03 central Pacific El Niño
The 2002/03 El Niño event, a new type of El Niño with maximum warm anomaly occurring in the central equatorial Pacific, is known as central-Pacific (CP) El Niño. In this study, on the basis of an El Niño predi...
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Effects of interannual salinity variability on the dynamic height in the western equatorial Pacific as diagnosed by Argo
In this paper, interannual variations of the ocean dynamic height over the tropical Pacific are diagnosed using three-dimensional temperature and salinity fields from Argo profiles, with a focus on the effects...
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Retrieving the antarctic sea-ice concentration based on AMSR-E 89 GHz data
Sea-ice concentration is a key item in global climate change research. Recent progress in remotely sensed sea-ice concentration product has been stimulated by the use of a new sensor, advanced microwave scanni...
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Initial ensemble generation and validation for ocean data assimilation using HYCOM in the Pacific
A method to initialize an ensemble, introduced by Evensen (Physica, D 77:108–129, 1994a; J Geophys Res 99(C5):10143–10162, 1994b; Ocean Dynamics 53:343–367, 2003), was applied to the Ocean General Circulation Mod...
