Record High Sea Surface Temperatures in 2023

Abstract NOAA Daily Optimum Interpolation Sea Surface Temperature (DOISST) and other similar sea surface temperature (SST) products indicate that the globally averaged SST set a new daily record in March 2023. The record‐high SST in March was immediately broken in April, and new daily records were s...

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Main Authors: Boyin Huang, Xungang Yin, James A. Carton, Ligang Chen, Garrett Graham, Patrick Hogan, Thomas Smith, Huai‐Min Zhang
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Published: Wiley 2024-07-01
Series:Geophysical Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL108369
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Xungang Yin
James A. Carton
Ligang Chen
Garrett Graham
Patrick Hogan
Thomas Smith
Huai‐Min Zhang
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description Abstract NOAA Daily Optimum Interpolation Sea Surface Temperature (DOISST) and other similar sea surface temperature (SST) products indicate that the globally averaged SST set a new daily record in March 2023. The record‐high SST in March was immediately broken in April, and new daily records were set again in July and August 2023. The SST anomaly (SSTA) persisted at a record high from mid‐March to the remainder of 2023. Our analysis indicates that the record‐high SSTs, and associated marine heatwaves (MHWs) and even super‐MHWs, are attributed to three factors: (a) a long‐term warming trend, (b) a shift to the warm phase of the multi‐decadal Pacific‐Atlantic‐Arctic (PAA) mode, and (c) the transition from the triple‐dip succession of La Niña events to the 2023–24 El Niño event.
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spelling doaj-art-cc3f413e13f441f4a32e8caa6172a33b2025-08-20T02:31:42ZengWileyGeophysical Research Letters0094-82761944-80072024-07-015114n/an/a10.1029/2024GL108369Record High Sea Surface Temperatures in 2023Boyin Huang0Xungang Yin1James A. Carton2Ligang Chen3Garrett Graham4Patrick Hogan5Thomas Smith6Huai‐Min Zhang7NOAA/NCEI Asheville NC USANOAA/NCEI Asheville NC USADepartment Atmos. Oceanic Science University Maryland College Park MD USADepartment Atmos. Oceanic Science University Maryland College Park MD USANorth Carolina Institute for Climate Studies North Carolina State University Asheville NC USANOAA/NCEI Asheville NC USANOAA/Center for Satellite Applications and Research College Park MD USANOAA/NCEI Asheville NC USAAbstract NOAA Daily Optimum Interpolation Sea Surface Temperature (DOISST) and other similar sea surface temperature (SST) products indicate that the globally averaged SST set a new daily record in March 2023. The record‐high SST in March was immediately broken in April, and new daily records were set again in July and August 2023. The SST anomaly (SSTA) persisted at a record high from mid‐March to the remainder of 2023. Our analysis indicates that the record‐high SSTs, and associated marine heatwaves (MHWs) and even super‐MHWs, are attributed to three factors: (a) a long‐term warming trend, (b) a shift to the warm phase of the multi‐decadal Pacific‐Atlantic‐Arctic (PAA) mode, and (c) the transition from the triple‐dip succession of La Niña events to the 2023–24 El Niño event.https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL108369sea surface temperaturemarine heatwaverecord highEl Nino southern oscillationPacific‐Atlantic‐Arctic modewarming trend
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Xungang Yin
James A. Carton
Ligang Chen
Garrett Graham
Patrick Hogan
Thomas Smith
Huai‐Min Zhang
Record High Sea Surface Temperatures in 2023
Geophysical Research Letters
sea surface temperature
marine heatwave
record high
El Nino southern oscillation
Pacific‐Atlantic‐Arctic mode
warming trend
title Record High Sea Surface Temperatures in 2023
title_full Record High Sea Surface Temperatures in 2023
title_fullStr Record High Sea Surface Temperatures in 2023
title_full_unstemmed Record High Sea Surface Temperatures in 2023
title_short Record High Sea Surface Temperatures in 2023
title_sort record high sea surface temperatures in 2023
topic sea surface temperature
marine heatwave
record high
El Nino southern oscillation
Pacific‐Atlantic‐Arctic mode
warming trend
url https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL108369
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