Marine heatwaves

ECJ Oliver, JA Benthuysen, S Darmaraki… - Annual review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Ocean temperature variability is a fundamental component of the Earth's climate system, and
extremes in this variability affect the health of marine ecosystems around the world. The …

Climate model biases in the eastern tropical oceans: Causes, impacts and ways forward

I Richter - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The eastern boundaries of the tropical and subtropical oceans are regions of high biological
productivity that support some of the world's largest fisheries. They also feature extensive …

A global assessment of marine heatwaves and their drivers

NJ Holbrook, HA Scannell, A Sen Gupta… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Marine heatwaves (MHWs) can cause devastating impacts to marine life. Despite the
serious consequences of MHWs, our understanding of their drivers is largely based on …

Natural and human-induced hypoxia and consequences for coastal areas: synthesis and future development

J Zhang, D Gilbert, AJ Gooday, L Levin… - …, 2010 - bg.copernicus.org
Hypoxia has become a world-wide phenomenon in the global coastal ocean and causes a
deterioration of the structure and function of ecosystems. Based on the collective …

The PIRATA program: History, accomplishments, and future directions

B Bourlès, R Lumpkin, MJ McPhaden… - Bulletin of the …, 2008 - journals.ametsoc.org
The Pilot Research Moored Array in the tropical Atlantic (PIRATA) was developed as a
multinational observation network to improve our knowledge and understanding of ocean …

Equatorial Atlantic variability—Modes, mechanisms, and global teleconnections

JF Lübbecke, B Rodríguez‐Fonseca… - Wiley …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Sea surface temperature (SST) variability in the tropical Atlantic Ocean strongly impacts the
climate on the surrounding continents. On interannual time scales, highest SST variability …

The tropical Atlantic observing system

GR Foltz, P Brandt, I Richter… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The tropical Atlantic is home to multiple coupled climate variations covering a wide range of
timescales and impacting societally relevant phenomena such as continental rainfall …

On the connection between Benguela and equatorial Atlantic Niños and the role of the South Atlantic Anticyclone

JF Lübbecke, CW Böning… - Journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
For the eastern tropical Atlantic two recurring El Niño‐like phenomena with high interannual
SST anomalies have been described, one centered in the equatorial region as part of the …

The 2021 Atlantic Niño and Benguela Niño Events: external forcings and air–sea interactions

S Illig, ML Bachèlery - Climate Dynamics, 2024 - Springer
This paper presents a comprehensive analysis of the extreme Atlantic and Benguela Niño
events that occurred during the boreal spring–summer of 2021. We conducted sensitivity …

PIRATA: A sustained observing system for tropical Atlantic climate research and forecasting

B Bourlès, M Araujo, MJ McPhaden… - Earth and Space …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Prediction and Research Moored Array in the Tropical Atlantic (PIRATA) is a
multinational program initiated in 1997 in the tropical Atlantic to improve our understanding …