Example of using temperature data from the AIMS R/V Cape Ferguson to detect marine heatwaves in comparison with NOAA OISST V2.0 daily temperature data.

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Description

Example of using temperature data from the AIMS R/V Cape Ferguson to detect marine heatwaves in comparison with NOAA OISST V2.0 daily temperature data.

The ship temperature data has been compared with other remotely sensed sea surface temperature products to characterise temperature anomalies and extremes. On IMOS OceanCurrent , remotely sensed SST and ship temperature data are plotted against monthly climatology SST and SST percentiles from the Sea Surface Temperature Atlas of Australian Regional Seas (SSTAARS , Wijffels et al. 2018). 

Data Source: IMOS Ocean Current http://oceancurrent.imos.org.au/ and SSTAARS dataset: https://portal.aodn.org.au/search?uuid=79c8eea2-4e86-4553-8237-4728e27abe10 metadata at: https://catalogue-imos.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/metadata.show?uuid=79c8eea2-4e86-4553-8237-4728e27abe10

Image produced for the project