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. 2013 Feb 14;3:1277. doi: 10.1038/srep01277

Figure 6. Ocean temperatures at the peak of the extreme warming event.

Figure 6

(a), Sea surface temperature anomalies during 21 February – 6 March 2011 at the peak of the extreme warming event. (b), A zoomed-in view of the temperature anomaly pattern off the west coast of Australia. (c), Daily sea surface temperature during January – April 2011 for the region off the west coast of Australia (averaged over 28° – 32°S, 112° – 115°E). (d), (e), wind direction and speed at the coastal station on the Rottnest Island. 180 denote southerly winds so that the winds are dominantly southeastlies. (f), Daily air temperatures measured at the coastal station on the Rottnest Island. (g), Moored temperature observations on the continental shelf off Western Australia coast (31°59.0'S, 115°14.0'E). The blue dotted line denotes the surface mixed layer depth (defined as 0.5°C from the surface temperature). (h), Temperature profiles observed before (18 January 2011) and at the peak (7 March) of the maximum temperature anomalies observed from an Argo float located to the west of the warming centre. (i), Temperature anomalies of the Argo profiles from the CSIRO Atlas of Regional Seas (CARS) climatology. The locations of Rottnest Island, Fremantle, shelf mooring and Argo profiles are denoted in (b).