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Satellite sea surface temperatures along the West Coast of the United States during the 2014–2016 northeast Pacific marine heat wave
Abstract
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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“The warm anomaly maximum was observed in the offshore northerly region and along the west coast of the USA49.”
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“The areas with the strongest warming trends during 2010–2018 are the North and East Pacific, the trend being driven by the warm anomalies observed here between 2014–201632,49.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Gentemann, C. L., Fewings, M. R., & García‐Reyes, M.
- Affiliations
- Earth and Space Research (US)
- University of Connecticut (US)
- Farallon Institute (US)
- Corresponding author
- Gentemann, Chelle L.
- Venue
- Geophysical Research Letters
- Publisher
- American Geophysical Union (AGU)
- Published
- 2017-01-12
- Volume
- 44
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 312-319
- ISSN
- 0094-8276 (ISSN-L)
- 1944-8007
- OpenAlex
- W2559856220
- Cited by
- 347
- References
- 20
- Citations by year
- 2026: 16 · 2025: 32 · 2024: 67 · 2023: 48 · 2022: 33 · 2021: 40 · 2020: 48 · 2019: 30 · 2018: 23 · 2017: 10
- FWCI
- 16.99
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Geophysical Research Letters (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Oklahoma Space Grant Consortium (NNH15C077C, NNH13CH09C)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Oceanography › Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Climate variability and models
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Aquatic Science › Marine and fisheries research
- Keywords
- marine heatwaves, sea surface temperature anomalies, Northeast Pacific, California Current, wind stress anomalies, upwelling, Washington coast, Oregon coast, California coast, satellite SST
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