Seasonal prediction of thermal stress accumulation for coral bleaching in the tropical oceans

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 317-331

  Spillman, C M ^a   Alves, O ^a   Hudson, D A ^a  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; ENSO; Ocean models; Sea surface temperature; Seasonal forecasting; Tropics

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BLEACHING CONDITION; CORAL BLEACHING; CORAL REEF SYSTEMS; EARLY WARNING; ENSO; ENSO EVENTS; LARGE REGIONS; OCEAN MODELS; OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE MODELS; PROACTIVE MANAGEMENT; PROBABILISTIC FORECASTS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SEASONAL FORECAST MODELS; SEASONAL FORECASTING; SEASONAL FORECASTS; SEASONAL PREDICTION; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; STRESS ACCUMULATION; TELECONNECTIONS; TROPICAL OCEAN; WARM CONDITIONS; WARM OCEAN;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BLEACHING; CLEANING; CLIMATE MODELS; HEALTH RISKS; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; OCEANOGRAPHY; REEFS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TROPICS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ACCUMULATION RATE; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CORAL BLEACHING; CORRELATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THRESHOLD; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 79953204331     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010MWR3526.1     Document Type: Article

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