Fig. 3: Drivers of marine heatwaves during summer/fall 2020.
From: The severe 2020 coral bleaching event in the tropical Atlantic linked to marine heatwaves
a Anomalies of wind speed (contours in m s-1) and latent heat flux (shading in W m-2) from January to March 2020. Time series of (b) wind speed (m s-1), (c) specific humidity (g kg-1) and (d) latent heat flux (W m-2) anomalies averaged for the area between 0-10°S and 20-40°W, represented by the box in panel (a). In panel (a), solid lines depict positive anomalies of wind speed and dashed lines negative anomalies; contours are every 0.2 m s-1, with zero contours omitted. The star in panel (a) represents the location of Rio do Fogo reefs (5.2°S and 35.2°W) slightly shifted to the southwest. Bars in panels b-d highlight the most severe summer/fall MHWs on record (2010, 2019, 2020) coloured by severity.
