Fig. 3: Mixed-layer ocean heat budgets during marine heatwave events.
From: Ocean dynamics shape marine heatwaves and their predictability
Evolution of regionally averaged mixed-layer ocean heat budget components composited relative to marine heatwave peak (month 0) in four boxed regions in panel (a), i.e., the (b) Niño 3.4, (c) Mediterranean Sea, (d) Gulf of Alaska, and (e) Gulf Stream regions. Solid lines represent the total temperature tendencies for dynamic(blue) and slab (red) oceans. Dotted lines represent the decomposed components of heat budget in dynamic ocean: advective tendency (gray), horizontal diffusion tendency (orange), vertical diffusion tendency (magenta), and net surface heat flux (SHF + QSW, light blue, downward positive). The base map is from NCAR Command Language map outline databases.
