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2018 Continues Record Global Ocean Warming

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  • Lijing Cheng1,
  • Jiang Zhu1,
  • John Abraham2,
  • Kevin E. Trenberth3,
  • John T. Fasullo3,
  • Bin Zhang4,5,
  • Fujiang Yu6,
  • Liying Wan6,
  • Xingrong Chen6 &
  • …
  • Xiangzhou Song7,8 

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Acknowledgements

The IAP analysis is supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant Nos. 2017YFA0603202 and 2016YFC1401705). We appreciate Tim BOYER from NOAA/NCEI to provide the in-situ ocean observations from NOAA/NCEI that were used in this analysis. Author contributions: L. C. and J. Z. are responsible for the IAP analysis and drafted the initial manuscript, with subsequent help from J. A., K. E. T. Authors J.A., K. E. T., J. F., Z. B., F. Y., L. W., X. C. and X. S. provide continual and vital support to the IAP analysis and activities, and contributed to refining this manuscript.

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  1. International Center for Climate and Environment Sciences, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029, China

    Lijing Cheng & Jiang Zhu

  2. University of St. Thomas, School of Engineering, Minnesota, 55105, USA

    John Abraham

  3. National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, 80307, USA

    Kevin E. Trenberth & John T. Fasullo

  4. Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266071, China

    Bin Zhang

  5. Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266071, China

    Bin Zhang

  6. National Marine Environmental Forecasting Center, Ministry of Natural Resources of China, Beijing, 100081, China

    Fujiang Yu, Liying Wan & Xingrong Chen

  7. College of Oceanography, Hohai University, Nanjing, 210098, China

    Xiangzhou Song

  8. Bureau of Territorial and Spatial Planning, Ministry of Natural Resources, Beijing, 100812, China

    Xiangzhou Song

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Cheng, L., Zhu, J., Abraham, J. et al. 2018 Continues Record Global Ocean Warming. Adv. Atmos. Sci. 36, 249–252 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00376-019-8276-x

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  • Received: 24 December 2018

  • Revised: 07 January 2019

  • Accepted: 08 January 2019

  • Published: 15 January 2019

  • Issue Date: March 2019

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00376-019-8276-x

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