Extended Data Fig. 5: Monthly average surface salinity anomalies during May, June, July and August 2023. | Nature

Extended Data Fig. 5: Monthly average surface salinity anomalies during May, June, July and August 2023.

From: Drivers of the extreme North Atlantic marine heatwave during 2023

Extended Data Fig. 5

ad, Salinity anomalies (shaded) are calculated relative to the 1981–2010 mean using monthly IAPv3 data (Methods). e, Time series of North Atlantic area-averaged salinity anomalies (equator to 60° N), with years indicated by colour shaded lines, from dark blues (earliest years) to pale blues (most recent years) and 2023 indicated in bold red.

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