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Drivers and impacts of the most extreme marine heatwaves events

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Sen Gupta, Alex
Thomsen, Mads
Benthuysen, Jessica A.
Hobday, Alistair J.
Oliver, Eric
Alexander, Lisa V.
Burrows, Michael T.
Donat, MarkusMés informació
Feng, Ming
Holbrook, Neil J.
Perkins-Kirkpatrick, Sarah
Moore, Pippa J.
Rodrigues, Regina R.
Scannell, Hillary A.
Taschetto, Andréa S.
Ummenhofer, Caroline C.
Wernberg, Thomas
Smale, Dan A.
Document typeArticle
Defense date2020
PublisherSpringer Nature
Rights accessOpen Access
Attribution 3.0 Spain
Except where otherwise noted, content on this work is licensed under a Creative Commons license : Attribution 3.0 Spain
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Prolonged high-temperature extreme events in the ocean, marine heatwaves, can have severe and long-lasting impacts on marine ecosystems, fisheries and associated services. This study applies a marine heatwave framework to analyse a global sea surface temperature product and identify the most extreme events, based on their intensity, duration and spatial extent. Many of these events have yet to be described in terms of their physical attributes, generation mechanisms, or ecological impacts. Our synthesis identifies commonalities between marine heatwave characteristics and seasonality, links to the El Niño-Southern Oscillation, triggering processes and impacts on ocean productivity. The most intense events preferentially occur in summer, when climatological oceanic mixed layers are shallow and winds are weak, but at a time preceding climatological maximum sea surface temperatures. Most subtropical extreme marine heatwaves were triggered by persistent atmospheric high-pressure systems and anomalously weak wind speeds, associated with increased insolation, and reduced ocean heat losses. Furthermore, the most extreme events tended to coincide with reduced chlorophyll-a concentration at low and mid-latitudes. Understanding the importance of the oceanic background state, local and remote drivers and the ocean productivity response from past events are critical steps toward improving predictions of future marine heatwaves and their impacts.
CitationSen Gupta, A. [et al.]. Drivers and impacts of the most extreme marine heatwaves events. "Scientific Reports", 2020, vol. 10, 19359. 
URIhttp://hdl.handle.net/2117/340459
DOI10.1038/s41598-020-75445-3
ISSN2045-2322
Publisher versionhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-75445-3
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