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 Donat8, Alistair J Hobday10, Pippa J Moore11, Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick12, Dan E Smale13, Sandra C Straub14 and Thomas Wernberg15, (1)University of Tasmania, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, Hobart, TAS, 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 Extremes, Sydney, NSW, Australia, (5)Australian Institute of Marine Science, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia, (6)CSIRO, Environment, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia, (7)Dalhousie University, Department of Oceanography, Halifax, NS, Canada, (8)University of New South Wales, Climate Change Research Centre and ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science, Sydney, Australia, (9)Scottish Association for Marine Science, Oban, United Kingdom, (10)CSIRO, Oceans & Atmosphere, Hobart, Australia, (11)Aberystwyth University, Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth, United Kingdom, (12)University of New South Wales, Climate Change Research Centre and ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science, Sydney, NSW, Australia, (13)Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, Plymouth, United Kingdom, (14)The University of Western Australia, UWA Oceans Institute and School of Biological Sciences, Perth, Australia, (15)The University of Western Australia, UWA Oceans Institute and School of Biological Sciences, Perth, Western Australia, Australia