Fig. 4: Anomalies of record-shattering jumps in SSTs in observations and climate models are mostly localized in the equatorial Pacific, North Pacific and North Atlantic.
From: Record sea surface temperature jump in 2023–2024 unlikely but not unexpected
a–d, SST anomalies for record-shattering (record-breaking events of largest magnitude before 2024) annual (April–March) global (60° S–60° N) SST events for observations from NOAA OISST V2.11 (a), and the three climate model groups in Fig. 1: CMIP6 (CanESM539,40 r15i1p1f1; b), the GFDL-ESM2M-LE41,42 (ensemble member 27; c) and the CESM2-LE43,44 (ensemble member LE2-1301.019; d). The anomalies are calculated based on the average SSTs of the 30 years preceding the respective record-shattering event at the years corresponding to those presented in Fig. 1 for the member of the respective climate model group.
