Scopus记录号: | 2-s2.0-85062646873
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论文题名: | Mean warming not variability drives marine heatwave trends |
作者: | Oliver E.C.J.
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刊名: | Climate Dynamics
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ISSN: | 9307575
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出版年: | 2019
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语种: | 英语
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英文关键词: | Climate change
; Extreme event
; Sea surface temperature
; Stochastic model
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英文摘要: | Marine heatwaves have been shown to be increasing in frequency, duration and intensity over the past several decades. Are these changes related to rising mean temperatures, changes to temperature variability, or a combination of the two? Here we investigate this question using satellite observations of sea surface temperature (SST) covering 36 years (1982–2017). A statistical climate model is used to simulate SST time series, including realistic variability based on an autoregressive model fit to observations, with specified trends in mean and variance. These simulated SST time series are then used to test whether observed trends in marine heatwave properties can be explained by changes in either mean or variability in SST, or both. We find changes in mean SST to be the dominant driver of the increasing frequency of marine heatwave days over approximately 2/3 of the ocean; while it is the dominant driver of changes in marine heatwave intensity (temperature anomaly) over approximately 1/3 of the ocean. We also find that changes in mean SST explain changes in both MHW properties over a significantly larger proportion of the world’s ocean than changes in SST variance. The implication is that given the high confidence of continued mean warming throughout the twenty-first century due to anthropogenic climate change we can expect the historical trends in marine heatwave properties to continue over the coming decades. © 2019, Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature. |
资源类型: | 期刊论文
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标识符: | http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/122512
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Appears in Collections: | 气候变化事实与影响
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作者单位: | Department of Oceanography, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
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Recommended Citation: |
Oliver E.C.J.. Mean warming not variability drives marine heatwave trends[J]. Climate Dynamics,2019-01-01
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