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To identify the atmospheric and oceanic forcing mechanisms responsible for prolonged, extreme sea surface temperatures impacting the California Current marine ecosystem in 2016.

January 1, 2018Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Forcing of Multiyear Extreme Ocean Temperatures that Impacted California Current Living Marine Resources in 2016

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To identify the atmospheric and oceanic forcing mechanisms responsible for prolonged, extreme sea surface temperatures impacting the California Current marine ecosystem in 2016.
Examined multiyear oceanographic and meteorological observation records across the northeastern Pacific and California Current System.
Evaluated the relative roles of atmospheric pressure anomalies, wind stress, and air-sea heat flux variations on upper-ocean warming.
Persistent anomalous atmospheric circulation patterns drove sustained multiyear ocean warming across the California Current.
Extreme regional temperature anomalies severely disrupted local marine living resources throughout 2016.

Implication

Climate analysis uncovers atmospheric forcing driving extreme multiyear ocean warming in the California Current, highlighting persistent risks to marine resources.

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© 2018 American Meteorological Society. For information regarding reuse of this content and general copyright information, consult the AMS Copyright Policy (www.ametsoc.org/PUBSReuseLicenses).A supplement to this article is available online (10.1175/BAMS-D-17-0119.2)

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Jacox et al. (2018) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6ab35bf460acb92d815936d1 https://doi.org/10.1175/bams-d-17-0119.1

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Climate analysis uncovers atmospheric forcing driving extreme multiyear ocean warming in the California Current, highlighting persistent risks to marine resources.

Forcing of Multiyear Extreme Ocean Temperatures that Impacted California Current Living Marine Resources in 2016

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Forcing of Multiyear Extreme Ocean Temperatures that Impacted California Current Living Marine Resources in 2016

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