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Data description paper
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26 Jan 2022
Data description paper |
| 26 Jan 2022
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Monitoring the ocean heat content change and the Earth energy imbalance from space altimetry and space gravimetry
Florence Marti
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
MAGELLIUM, Ramonville Saint-Agne, 31520, France
Alejandro Blazquez
LEGOS, Université de Toulouse, CNES, CNRS, UPS, IRD, 31000, Toulouse, France
Benoit Meyssignac
LEGOS, Université de Toulouse, CNES, CNRS, UPS, IRD, 31000, Toulouse, France
Michaël Ablain
MAGELLIUM, Ramonville Saint-Agne, 31520, France
Anne Barnoud
MAGELLIUM, Ramonville Saint-Agne, 31520, France
Robin Fraudeau
MAGELLIUM, Ramonville Saint-Agne, 31520, France
Rémi Jugier
MAGELLIUM, Ramonville Saint-Agne, 31520, France
Jonathan Chenal
LEGOS, Université de Toulouse, CNES, CNRS, UPS, IRD, 31000, Toulouse, France
Ecole nationale des ponts et chaussées, Marne-la-Vallée, 77420, France
Gilles Larnicol
MAGELLIUM, Ramonville Saint-Agne, 31520, France
Julia Pfeffer
MAGELLIUM, Ramonville Saint-Agne, 31520, France
Marco Restano
SERCO-ESRIN, Frascati, 44, Italy
Jérôme Benveniste
ESA/ESRIN, Frascati, 44, Italy
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The Earth energy imbalance at the top of the atmosphere due to the increase in greenhouse gases and aerosol concentrations is responsible for the accumulation of energy in the climate system. With its high thermal inertia, the ocean accumulates most of this energy excess in the form of heat. The estimation of the global ocean heat content through space geodetic observations allows monitoring of the energy imbalance with realistic uncertainties to better understand the Earth’s warming climate.
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