The unprecedented coupled ocean-atmosphere summer heatwave in the New Zealand region 2017/18: Drivers, mechanisms and impacts

• Main Authors: MJ Salinger (10271615), James Renwick (8509671), E Behrens (10271618), AB Mullan (10271621), HJ Diamond (10271624), P Sirguey (10271627), RO Smith (10271630), MCT Trought (10271633), L Alexander (9881543), NJ Cullen (10271636), BB Fitzharris (10271639), CD Hepburn (10271642), AK Parker (10271645), PJ Sutton (7792874)
• Format: Other Non-Article Part of Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Uncategorized; anthropogenic global warming; atmospheric heatwave; Southern Alps glacier ice volume; wine grapes; marine ecosystems; marine heatwave; Science & Technology; Life Sciences & Biomedicine; Physical Sciences; Environmental Sciences; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences; Environmental Sciences & Ecology; SEA-SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOUTHWEST PACIFIC; BREWSTER GLACIER; MASS-BALANCE; CLIMATE; RECORD; INTERPOLATION; EXTREMES; INDEXES; TRENDS; Austral; Brewster; New Zealand; Pacific; Southern Ocean
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.26686/wgtn.14182529.v1

© 2019 The Author(s). Published by IOP Publishing Ltd. During austral summer (DJF) 2017/18, the New Zealand region experienced an unprecedented coupled ocean-atmosphere heatwave, covering an area of 4 million km2. Regional average air temperature anomalies over land were +2.2 °C, and sea surface tem...