Ocean Heat Flux Time Series
Graph of ocean heat storage compared to energy flux at the top of the atmosphere from 1994 through 2006.
From 1993 to 2003, measurements of heat storage in the oceans agreed with satellite observations of net flux. After 2003, however, surface observations suggested that the ocean was losing heat, while satellite measurements of net flux showed the Earth was still slowly gaining energy. This mismatch was a hint that there might be a problem with one of the data sets. (Graph courtesy Takmeng Wong, NASA Langley Research Center.) http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/OceanCooling/page2.php
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