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Geophysical Research Letters, volume 44, issue 1, pages 312-319

Satellite sea surface temperatures along the West Coast of the United States during the 2014-2016 northeast Pacific marine heat wave

Chelle Gentemann ¹

Melanie R Fewings ²

M García Reyes ³

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Earth and Space Research; Seattle Washington USA |

Department of Marine Sciences; University of Connecticut; Groton Connecticut USA |

Farallon Institute; Petaluma California USA |

Publication type: Journal Article

Publication date: 2016-12-05

Wiley

Journal: Geophysical Research Letters

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SJR: 1.850

CiteScore: 9.0

Impact factor: 4.6

ISSN: 00948276, 19448007

DOI: 10.1002/2016gl071039

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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 °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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Gentemann C., Fewings M. R., García Reyes M. Satellite sea surface temperatures along the West Coast of the United States during the 2014-2016 northeast Pacific marine heat wave // Geophysical Research Letters. 2016. Vol. 44. No. 1. pp. 312-319.

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TY - JOUR

DO - 10.1002/2016gl071039

UR - https://doi.org/10.1002/2016gl071039

TI - Satellite sea surface temperatures along the West Coast of the United States during the 2014-2016 northeast Pacific marine heat wave

T2 - Geophysical Research Letters

AU - Gentemann, Chelle

AU - Fewings, Melanie R

AU - García Reyes, M

PY - 2016

DA - 2016/12/05

PB - Wiley

SP - 312-319

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VL - 44

SN - 0094-8276

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@article{2016_Gentemann,

author = {Chelle Gentemann and Melanie R Fewings and M García Reyes},

title = {Satellite sea surface temperatures along the West Coast of the United States during the 2014-2016 northeast Pacific marine heat wave},

journal = {Geophysical Research Letters},

year = {2016},

volume = {44},

publisher = {Wiley},

month = {dec},

url = {https://doi.org/10.1002/2016gl071039},

number = {1},

pages = {312--319},

doi = {10.1002/2016gl071039}

}

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Gentemann, Chelle, et al. “Satellite sea surface temperatures along the West Coast of the United States during the 2014-2016 northeast Pacific marine heat wave.” Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 44, no. 1, Dec. 2016, pp. 312-319. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016gl071039.

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Wiley

Journal

Geophysical Research Letters

scimago Q1

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1.850

CiteScore

9.0

Impact factor

4.6

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00948276 (Electronic)

19448007 (Print)