Table 1 Numbers and proportions of the surface, subsurface and mixed MHW events in the upper 200 m of the global ocean derived from the three reanalysis datasets
From: Frequent marine heatwaves hidden below the surface of the global ocean
Dataset | Climatological mean annual number | Proportion of surface MHW events (%) | Proportion of subsurface MHW events (%) | Proportion of mixed MHW events (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
GLORYS | 308.5 | 46.9 | 31.2 | 21.9 |
HYCOM | 374.4 | 32.6 | 42.4 | 25.0 |
ECCO2 | 218.8 | 52.8 | 27.7 | 19.5 |