Subseasonal prediction of the 2020 Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea marine heatwave

The 2020 marine heatwave (MHW) in the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) and Coral Sea led to mass coral bleaching. Sea surface temperature anomalies reached +1.7 °C for the whole of the GBR and Coral Sea and exceeded +2 °C across broad regions (referenced to 1990–2012). The MHW reached Category 2 (Strong) an...

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Main Authors: Jessica A Benthuysen, Grant A Smith, Claire M Spillman, Craig R Steinberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2021-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac3aa1