Ocean Science www.ocean-sci.net 1812-0784 1812-0792 6 3 2010 10.5194/os-6-719-2010 http://www.ocean-sci.net/6/719/2010/ http://www.ocean-sci.net/6/719/2010/os-6-719-2010.html http://www.ocean-sci.net/6/719/2010/os-6-719-2010.pdf 719 735 2010-07-16 Variability of heat and salinity content in the North Atlantic in the last decade V. O. Ivchenko voi@noc.soton.ac.uk N. C. Wells D. L. Aleynik A. G. P. Shaw National Oceanography Centre Southampton, University of Southampton Waterfront Campus, European Way, Southampton SO14 3ZH, UK Scottish Association for Marine Science, Scottish Marine Institute, Oban, PA37 1QA, UK The analysis of the heat and salinity contents has been made for the Northern Atlantic for the decade between January 1999 and December 2008. This analysis is based on the Argo profiling data for the upper 2000 m. Basin-averaged values of heat content deviation (HCD) and salinity content deviation (SCD) are robust and stable. 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