Amaya, D. J., M. A. Alexander, A. Capotondi, C. Deser, K. B. Karnauskas, A. J. Miller and N. J. Mantua, 2021:

Are long-term changes in mixed layer depth influencing North Pacific marine heatwaves?


Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 102, S59-S66.

Abstract. The 2019 Northwest Pacific marine heatwave was amplified by natural, multi-decadal shoaling of the ocean mixed layer; anthropogenic mixed layer shoaling will amplify marine heatwaves in the future.

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