Table 2.

Decadal variation of statistical characteristics of the global thermocline gradient (G) in comparison to climatology.

	Mean (°C/m)	Standard Deviation (°C/m)	Skewness	Kurtosis
1961–1970	0.244	0.178	1.23	4.40
1971–1980	0.199	0.162	1.39	5.15
1981–1990	0.162	0.150	1.77	6.61
1991–2000	0.130	0.133	2.29	9.47
2001–2010	0.124	0.132	2.35	9.69
2011–2017	0.121	0.134	2.55	10.90
WOA (1°)	0.034	0.022	0.89	3.90
WOA (0.25°)	0.034	0.023	1.04	11.10