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As the upper layer of the world ocean warms gradually during the 20th century, the inter-ocean heat transport from the Indian to Atlantic basin should be enhanced, and the Atlantic Ocean should therefore gain extra heat due to the increased upper ocean temperature of the inflow via the Agulhas leakage. Consistent with this hypothesis, instrumental records indicate that the Atlantic Ocean has warmed substantially more than any other ocean basin since the mid-20th century. A surface-forced global ocean-sea ice coupled model is used to confirm this hypothesis.
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This page is a summary of: What caused the significant increase in Atlantic Ocean heat content since the mid-20th century?, Geophysical Research Letters, September 2011, American Geophysical Union (AGU),
DOI: 10.1029/2011gl048856.
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