Record-Setting Ocean Warmth Continued in 2019
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Acknowledgements
The IAP analysis is supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant Nos. 2016YFC1401806 and 2017YFA0603202). Author contributions: LC and JZ are responsible for the IAP analysis; JA and LC drafted the initial manuscript. All coauthors provide continual and vital support to the IAP analysis and activities; plus, they contributed to refining this manuscript. NCAR is sponsored by the US National Science Foundation. TB, RL contribution funded in partnership with the NOAA OAR Ocean Observing and Monitoring Division. The efforts of Dr. Fasullo in this work were partially supported by the Regional and Global Model Analysis (RGMA) component of the Earth and Environmental System Modeling Program of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Biological & Environmental Research (BER) via National Science Foundation IA 1844590. The efforts of Dr. Fasullo in this work were also supported in part by NSF Award #AGS-1419571.
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