Fig. 7: The relationship between Marine Heat Waves and Archetypes #3 and #4 in the Great Barrier Reef region.
From: A large-scale view of marine heatwaves revealed by archetype analysis
a Composite average of the sea-surface temperature (SST) anomaly for all summertime mearine heat waves at a representative location (18°S, 146.25°E), indicated by the grey circle; c, d daily SST anomaly snapshot for the peak of 2016 marine heatwave; c the SST anomalies for best matching archetypal pattern for the 2016 event (archetype #4); d, e as in c, d for the 2020 marine heat wave; f time-series of SST anomalies (black) and the reconstruction from archetype #3 and #4 (orange) at the representative location shown in panels a–c; e time-series of archetype affiliation probability for archetypes #3 and #4. Coloured bands in panels d, e indicate summertime (DJF) marine heatwave events, coded by the severity category. Black arrows in panel g indicate the occurrence of mass coral bleaching events. Maps created with Cartopy71.
