FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Quantification of ocean heat uptake from changes in atmospheric O-2 and CO2 composition BT AF RESPLANDY, L. KEELING, R. F. EDDEBBAR, Y. BROOKS, M. WANG, R. BOPP, L. LONG, MC DUNNE, J. P. KOEVE, W. OSCHLIES, A. AS 1:1,2;2:3;3:3;4:3;5:4;6:5;7:6;8:7;9:8;10:8; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;6:;7:;8:;9:;10:; C1 Princeton Univ, Dept Geosci, Princeton, NJ 08544 USA. Princeton Univ, Princeton Environm Inst, Princeton, NJ 08544 USA. Univ Calif San Diego, Scripps Inst Oceanog, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA. Fudan Univ, Dept Environm Sci & Engn, Shanghai 200433, Peoples R China. Ecole Normale Super, Lab Meteorol Dynam, Inst Pierre Simon Laplace, CNRS ENS X UPMC,Dept Geosci, Paris, France. Natl Ctr Atmospher Res, POB 3000, Boulder, CO 80307 USA. NOAA, Geophys Fluid Dynam Lab, Princeton, NJ USA. GEOMAR Helmholtz Ctr Ocean Res, Kiel, Germany. C2 UNIV PRINCETON, USA UNIV PRINCETON, USA UNIV CALIF SAN DIEGO, USA UNIV FUDAN, CHINA ENS, FRANCE NCAR NATL CTR ATMOSPHER RES, USA NOAA, USA IFM GEOMAR, GERMANY IN DOAJ IF 3.998 TC 21 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00676/78794/81050.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00676/78794/81051.pdf LA English DT Article CR OISO - OCÉAN INDIEN SERVICE D'OBSERVATION AB The ocean is the main source of thermal inertia in the climate system. Ocean heat uptake during recent decades has been quantified using ocean temperature measurements. However, these estimates all use the same imperfect ocean dataset and share additional uncertainty due to sparse coverage, especially before 2007. Here, we provide an independent estimate by using measurements of atmospheric oxygen (O-2) and carbon dioxide (CO2) - levels of which increase as the ocean warms and releases gases - as a whole ocean thermometer. We show that the ocean gained 1.29 +/- 0.79 x 10(22) Joules of heat per year between 1991 and 2016, equivalent to a planetary energy imbalance of 0.80 +/- 0.49W watts per square metre of Earth's surface. We also find that the ocean-warming effect that led to the outgassing of O-2 and CO2 can be isolated from the direct effects of anthropogenic emissions and CO2 sinks. Our result - which relies on high-precision O-2 atmospheric measurements dating back to 1991 - leverages an integrative Earth system approach and provides much needed independent confirmation of heat uptake estimated from ocean data. PY 2019 PD DEC SO Scientific Reports SN 2045-2322 PU Nature Publishing Group VL 9 UT 000509351600006 DI 10.1038/s41598-019-56490-z ID 78794 ER EF