Sentences with phrase «sea surface temperatures in»

Sea surface temperatures in the high - latitude Arctic may have been as warm as 23 °C (73 °F), comparable to modern subtropical and warm - temperate seas.

In making their seasonal outlook, which was released on May 23, NOAA cited a broad area of above - average sea surface temperatures in the North Atlantic Basin, a continuation of a natural cycle of above - average hurricane activity, and a lack of an El Niño event in the Pacific Ocean as reasons why there may be more storms this year.

On June 1, the beginning of Atlantic Hurricane Season, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released a map of sea surface temperatures in the Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico, and the tropical North Atlantic Ocean.

Every two or three decades sea surface temperatures in the Pacific warm or cool.

In August 2017, sea surface temperatures in the Barents and Chukchi seas were up to 4 ° C warmer than average, contributing to a delay in the autumn freeze - up in these regions.

Towards the end of his presentation he added: «Some research suggests global warming is linked to rising ocean and sea surface temperatures in the tropical Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico — which may have an impact on hurricane intensity.

Natural Variability Doesn't Account for Observed Temperature Increase In it's press release announcement, NASA points out that while there are other factors than greenhouse gases contributing to the amount of warming observed — changes in the sun's irradiance, oscillations of sea surface temperatures in the tropics, changes in aerosol levels in the atmosphere — these factors are not sufficient to account for the temperature increases observed since 1880.

One candidate related to sea surface temperatures in the north Atlantic is the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), but again, here are still some unknowns.

El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO)-- The periodic change in sea surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific, known as ENSO, has an impact on temperatures and precipitation in the neighbouring contents and across the globe.

Lo, 1997: Sensitivity of northern hemisphere air temperatures and snow expansion to North Pacific sea surface temperatures in the Goddard Institute for Space Studies general circulation model.

The primary cause of changes in the course of the northern hemisphere jet stream ultimately goes back to sea surface temperatures in the West Pacific.

Regional circulation patterns have significantly changed in recent years.2 For example, changes in the Arctic Oscillation can not be explained by natural variation and it has been suggested that they are broadly consistent with the expected influence of human - induced climate change.3 The signature of global warming has also been identified in recent changes in the Pacific Decadal Oscillation, a pattern of variability in sea surface temperatures in the northern Pacific Ocean.4

• It is very likely that the human - induced increase in greenhouse gases has contributed to the increase in sea surface temperatures in the hurricane formation regions.

From these ratios, scientists can infer El Niño (warmer than average sea surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific) and La Niña (cooler than average sea surface temperatures) conditions.

Observational climate data also showed that sea surface temperatures in the Pacific Ocean have a significant influence on summer air temperatures in the eastern U.S.

Every five years or so, a change in the winds causes a shift to warmer than normal sea surface temperatures in the equatorial Pacific Ocean — known as El Niño.

During the El Nino, the discharge phase, warm water that had been stored in the Pacific Warm Pool sloshes to the east where it spreads across the surface, raising sea surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific.

-- From Dr Bernaerts; «Your SST paper is great and I agree with your conclusion: «Historic Sea Surface Temperatures in particular are highly uncertain and should not be considered as any sort of reliable measure.»

And while many factors shape sea surface temperatures in a given place, the overall trend — directly linked to climate change — is toward hotter oceans.

The recent increases in activity are linked, in part, to higher sea surface temperatures in the region that Atlantic hurricanes form in and move through.

It also shifts in response to interannual and decadal changes in sea surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific.

The CCSM appeared to correctly capture key details of the late Permian, including increased ocean salinity and sea surface temperatures in the high latitudes that paleontologists believe were 14 degrees Fahrenheit (8 degrees Celsius) higher than present.

Harvey intensified rapidly amid sea surface temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico up to 2.7 - 7.2 °F (1.5 - 4 °C) above average, relative to a 1961 - 1990 baseline.

At irregular intervals (roughly every 3 - 6 years), the sea surface temperatures in the Pacific Ocean along the equator become warmer or cooler than normal.

This resulted from the combined effects of high sea surface temperatures in open water areas and the effects of atmospheric circulation drawing warm air into the region.

High sea surface temperatures in open water areas were important in limiting ice growth.

The predicted September sea ice area in the East Siberian and Laptev Seas, from a simple regression model using summer (Aug - Sep - Oct) sea surface temperatures in the North Atlantic as the predictor, is below normal but greater than in 2009.

Climate models surveyed by the Bureau of Meteorology have increased their chances of sea surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific Ocean remaining at neutral levels, though still warmer than average, for the remainder of 2012.

Publishing in the journal Nature he argued, «The changes are all associated with patterns of dry - season mist frequency, which is negatively correlated with sea surface temperatures in the equatorial Pacific.»

However, because it is well understood that the influence of the exact sea surface temperatures in Europe is small compared to the overall effect of global warming, these numbers provide a good first step towards answering the climate question.»

It is often measured by the surface pressure anomaly difference between Darwin and Tahiti and the sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific.

Not only has the AMOC slowed down (Cunningham et al [2013]-RRB-, but sea surface temperatures in North Atlantic subpolar gyre have begun falling, as have sea surface temperatures in the North Pacific subtropical gyre - best illustrated by the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) being strongly positive this year.

The negative phase of IPO is characterized by cooler - than - average sea surface temperatures in the Eastern Pacific, facilitating the expansion of Antarctic sea ice.

Since 1950, global mean sea surface temperatures have risen roughly 1 ° F (0.6 ° C).6 Scientists estimate that regional sea surface temperatures in the North Sea increased by 1.6 ° F (0.9 ° C) from 1958 to 2002.7

But as the summer progressed, El Niño didn't form the way scientists expected it to: sea surface temperatures in the eastern Pacific never warmed enough to truly be called an El Niño, and the buzz fizzled out.

It seems that the El Niño - related warmer sea surface temperatures in the eastern equatorial Pacific in late winter cause deep convection patterns to shift eastward.

The intense prehistoric hurricanes were fueled in part by warmer sea surface temperatures in the Atlantic Ocean during the ancient period investigated than have been the norm off the U.S. East Coast over the last few hundred years, according to the study.

They describe abnormally warm or cool sea surface temperatures in the South Pacific that are caused by changing ocean currents.

In 2014 climate scientists published a peer - reviewed paper (Johnstone 2014) suggesting that climate change along the coast of North America could be best explained by natural cycles of Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) due to its affects on sea surface temperatures in the eastern Pacific.

The sea surface temperatures in this region are closely related to Australian climate.

If such a plan had been in place this year, then the sea surface temperatures in the Gulf might have been reduced by a few degrees, which would, in turn, have reduced the intensity and magnitude of Harvey.

The gridded field is produced from ship and buoy sea surface temperatures in the ICOADS release 2.5 data set (29) using bias correction and Empirical Orthogonal Teleconnection methodologies as described in (13).

According to the researchers, sea surface temperatures in the Pacific and Indian Ocean have risen 0.7 degree, increasing the likelihood of failed rains in East Africa.

Sea surface temperatures in the Western Pacific are well above climatology, and it has been argued that the warmth in the Western Pacific along with the lack of an equivalent long - term warming trend in the Eastern Pacific, increase the chances of a «super El Niño,» comparable to the two strongest El Niños of the past century, which occurred in 1998 and 1983.

The second aspect of climate change that is likely affecting Alaska more and more is the apparent tendency of warming in the Arctic and warmer sea surface temperatures in the Pacific to contribute to larger waves in the jet stream.

Depending on where the powerful winds cross the Atlantic, the jet stream can have a cooling or warming effect on sea surface temperatures in the North Atlantic Ocean, according to the study, published (May 27 2015) in the journal Nature.

The higher sea surface temperatures in the tropics (~ 0.85 K / decade in recent decades) have lead to an increase in LW (infrared) radiation, and a loss to space of some 3 W / m2 all over the tropics (50 % of the surface), which more than halves the — theoretical — global influence (~ 2.4 W / m2) of all extra GHGs together since the start of the industrial revolution.

The warm sea surface temperatures in the gyres, during hiatus decades, indicate convergence of near - surface currents and strong downwelling of heat.

The link between the NAO and the Gulf Stream seems to be confirmed, as there is a cooling trend visible of the sea surface temperatures in the stream over the past years.

There are certainly issues related to warnings and building codes, but you seem to unduly discount climate change and high sea surface temperatures in the Gulf.