What are the Characteristic Drivers of Marine Heatwaves Around the Globe?

Neil John Holbrook1,2, Hillary A Scannell3, Alexander Sen Gupta4, Jessica Benthuysen5, Ming Feng6, Eric Oliver7, Lisa Alexander8, Michael T Burrows9, Marcus G Donat10, Alistair J Hobday11, Pippa J Moore12, Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick10, Dan E Smale13, Sandra C Straub14 and Thomas Wernberg14, (1)University of Tasmania, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, Hobart, Australia, (2)ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science, Hobart, Australia, (3)NOAA, Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Seattle, WA, United States, (4)ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science, Sydney, Australia, (5)Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, QLD, Australia, (6)CSIRO, Oceans and Atmosphere, Crawley, Australia, (7)Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada, (8)Climate Change Research Centre and ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, (9)Scottish Marine Institute, Department of Ecology, Oban, United Kingdom, (10)University of New South Wales, Climate Change Research Centre and ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science, Sydney, Australia, (11)CSIRO, Oceans & Atmosphere, Hobart, Australia, (12)Aberystwyth University, Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth, United Kingdom, (13)Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, The Laboratory, Citadel Hill, Plymouth, United Kingdom, (14)The University of Western Australia, UWA Oceans Institute and School of Biological Sciences, Perth, Australia