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Coastal and regional marine heatwaves and cold spells in the northeastern Atlantic
Instituto Dom Luiz (IDL), Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016, Lisbon, Portugal
Coline Poppeschi
Univ. Brest, CNRS, Ifremer, IRD, Laboratory for Ocean Physics and Satellite remote sensing (LOPS), IUEM, 29280 Plouzané, France
Sandra Plecha
Instituto Dom Luiz (IDL), Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016, Lisbon, Portugal
Guillaume Charria
Univ. Brest, CNRS, Ifremer, IRD, Laboratory for Ocean Physics and Satellite remote sensing (LOPS), IUEM, 29280 Plouzané, France
Ana Russo
Instituto Dom Luiz (IDL), Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016, Lisbon, Portugal
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Short summary
In the coastal northeastern Atlantic and for three subregions (the English Channel, Bay of Brest and Bay of Biscay) over the period 1982–2022, marine heatwaves are more frequent and longer and extend over larger areas, while the opposite is seen for marine cold spells. This result is obtained with both in situ and satellite datasets, although the satellite dataset underestimates the amplitude of these extremes.
In the coastal northeastern Atlantic and for three subregions (the English Channel, Bay of Brest...
