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

• Main Authors: MJ Salinger, James Renwick, E Behrens, AB Mullan, HJ Diamond, P Sirguey, RO Smith, MCT Trought, L Alexander, NJ Cullen, BB Fitzharris, CD Hepburn, AK Parker, PJ Sutton
• 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; Southern Ocean; Austral; Pacific; New Zealand; Brewster
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.26686/wgtn.14182529.v1; https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/The_unprecedented_coupled_ocean-atmosphere_summer_heatwave_in_the_New_Zealand_region_2017_18_Drivers_mechanisms_and_impacts/14182529

© 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...