Table 1.

Decadal variation of statistical characteristics of the global isothermal layer depth (h) in comparison to climatology.

	Mean (m)	Standard Deviation (m)	Skewness	Kurtosis
1961–1970	33.1	32.7	3.64	22.4
1971–1980	39.0	42.0	4.01	29.3
1981–1990	55.0	54.6	3.22	21.0
1991–2000	62.8	58.0	2.95	18.4
2001–2010	66.3	61.5	2.82	17.0
2011–2017	67.5	61.7	2.70	15.1
WOA (1°)	35.6	29.1	2.32	19.0
WOA (0.25°)	36.5	34.6	3.12	22.3