Ocean heat content change and its impact on sea level

该项目旨在改善对可能的海平面变化的预测。海平面上升是全球短暂气候变化最重大的潜在影响之一。对海洋环流吸收和分配热量的方式缺乏了解，是本世纪末全球表面温度和区域海平面上升预测的一个主要不确定性来源。该项目旨在应用新的观测方法，并辅之以数值模拟，以量化最近变化的驱动因素。该项目有望改变我们预测未来海洋温度和海平面变化的能力。

This project aims to improve projections of possible sea level changes. Sea level rise is among the most significant potential impacts of transient climate change around the world. Poor understanding of the way in which heat is absorbed at the sea surface and distributed by ocean circulation is a leading source of uncertainty in projections of global surface temperature and regional sea level rise by the end of this century. This project aims to apply novel observational methods, complimented by numerical modelling, to quantify the drivers of recent change. This project expects to transform our ability to predict how ocean temperature and sea level will change in the future.