Journal
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
Volume 44, Issue 1, Pages 312-319Publisher
AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION
DOI: 10.1002/2016GL071039
Keywords
SST; Blob; marine heat wave; MUR SST; upwelling; Bakun
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- NASA [NNH15C077C, NNH13CH09C]
- NASA Ocean Vector Winds Science Team grant [NNX14AI06G]
- NASA/JPL [1544398]
- NASA [680842, NNX14AI06G] Funding Source: Federal RePORTER
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From January 2014 to August 2016, sea surface temperatures (SSTs) along the Washington, Oregon, and California coasts were significantly warmer than usual, reaching a maximum SST anomaly of 6.2 degrees C off Southern California. This marine heat wave occurred alongside the Gulf of Alaska marine heat wave and resulted in major disturbances in the California Current ecosystem and massive economic impacts. Here we use satellite and blended reanalysis products to report the magnitude, extent, duration, and evolution of SSTs and wind stress anomalies along the West Coast of the continental United States during this event. Nearshore SST anomalies along the entire coast were persistent during the marine heat wave, and only abated seasonally, during spring upwelling-favorable wind stress. The coastal marine heat wave weakened in July 2016 and disappeared by September 2016.
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