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There is actually a NASA study showing that during the "Hiatus" the subsurface temperatures in the ocean increased dramatically and would explain where the heat went.
I remain unconvinced. Looking at the first chart from the official argo website, there is a relatively dramatic time of increasing surface temperature (the cyan at the bottom) during the 60's. This does not match up with with the observed atmospheric temperature during the 60's, which had a mostly downward trend.
This is just from a very quick review of the data.
I'm not sure which chart you looked at but the two sites you linked both show ocean temperature graphs that show a peak at 1960 with a downward trend throughout the decade with a rise near the end of that decade that is carried through 2010. The data seems to match up to me.
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[–] Level_Cannon ago
There is actually a NASA study showing that during the "Hiatus" the subsurface temperatures in the ocean increased dramatically and would explain where the heat went.
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4655
[–] Vanwe ago
I remain unconvinced. Looking at the first chart from the official argo website, there is a relatively dramatic time of increasing surface temperature (the cyan at the bottom) during the 60's. This does not match up with with the observed atmospheric temperature during the 60's, which had a mostly downward trend.
This is just from a very quick review of the data.
[–] Level_Cannon 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I'm not sure which chart you looked at but the two sites you linked both show ocean temperature graphs that show a peak at 1960 with a downward trend throughout the decade with a rise near the end of that decade that is carried through 2010. The data seems to match up to me.