Fig. 5: Drivers of marine heatwaves during summer/fall 2010.
From: The severe 2020 coral bleaching event in the tropical Atlantic linked to marine heatwaves
a Anomalies of precipitation (contours in mm day-1) and shortwave radiation (shading in W m-2) from January to March 2010. Time series of (b) ongoing longwave radiation (W m-2), (c) precipitation (mm day-1) and (d) shortwave radiation (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 precipitation and dashed lines negative anomalies; contours are every 1 mm day-1, with zero contours omitted. Bars in panels b-d highlight the most severe summer/fall MHWs on record (2010, 2019, 2020) coloured by severity.
