A hierarchical approach to defining marine heatwaves

2016/01/06 by Alistair J. Hobday, Lisa V. Alexander, Sarah E. Perkins +14 · 2,316 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Baseline (sea) #Biology #Climate change #Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies #Ecology #Geography #Geology #Marine and fisheries research #Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes #Oceanography

paper · open access · doi:10.1016/j.pocean.2015.12.014

published in Progress In Oceanography 141, 227-238 (Elsevier BV)

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