Brief description
We have used a quantitative definition of marine heatwaves to detect all events which have occurred in 12 regions across the continental shelf off eastern Tasmania over 1993-2015. For each event in each region this atlas includes information on (i) event properties including intensity, duration and depth, (ii) maps of regional ocean circulation and ocean temperature during the event, and (iii) maps of regional atmospheric conditions during the event (air temperature and surface wind). Also provided are summary statistics including the typical conditions which give rise to marine heatwaves in each region and annual time series demonstrating interannual variability and long term trends in marine heatwave properties. Provided is a comprehensive document presenting the atlas and a set of CSV files containing the underlying data.Lineage
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CreditEric Oliver, Neil Holbrook, Scott Ling, Craig Mundy and Alistair Hobday (2016), Identifying historical marine heatwaves off eastern Tasmania, University of Tasmania Research Enhancement Grant Scheme 2016, grant no. O0023890.
To provide an atlas of all marine heatwave events that have occurred on the continental shelf off eastern Tasmania over 1993-2015.
Created: 2016-12-29
Data time period: 1993-01-01 to 2015-12-31
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(DATA ACCESS - Eastern Tasmania Marine Heat Wave Atlas [direct download, zipped CSV files])
uri :
https://data.imas.utas.edu.au/attachments/20188863-0af6-4032-98f8-def671cdaa58/MHW_Atlas_data.zip
(DOCUMENTATION - Eastern Tasmania Marine Heat Wave Atlas: comprehensive PDF guide to data [direct download, 125MB])
- DOI : 10.4226/77/587E97D9B2BF9
- global : 20188863-0af6-4032-98f8-def671cdaa58