Fig. 5

Correlations between sea surface heat flux components and the MHW characteristics variabilities: (a) sea surface heat flux component and MHWintensity in cool months (December to May), (b) sea surface heat flux component and MHWintensity in warm months (June to November), (c) sea surface heat flux component and MHWarea in cool months, (d) sea surface heat flux component and MHWarea in warm months.