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

• Published in: Environmental research letters Vol. 14; no. 4; pp. 44023 - 44040
• Main Authors: Salinger, M James, Renwick, James, Behrens, Erik, Mullan, A Brett, Diamond, Howard J, Sirguey, Pascal, Smith, Robert O, Trought, Michael C T, Alexander, Lisa, Cullen, Nicolas J, Fitzharris, B Blair, Hepburn, Christopher D, Parker, Amber K, Sutton, Phil J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bristol IOP Publishing 12.04.2019
• Subjects: Air temperature; Anomalies; Anthropogenic factors; anthropogenic global warming; Atmosphere; atmospheric heatwave; Glaciers; Greenhouse effect; Greenhouse gases; Heat flux; Heat waves; Human influences; La Nina; Marine ecosystems; marine heatwave; Ozone depletion; Sea surface temperature; Southern Alps glacier ice volume; Summer; Surface layers; Upper ocean; Wind speed; wine grapes; Wines; New Zealand; Tasman Sea

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 temperature anomalies reached +3.7 °C in the eastern Tasma...