The detection of marine heatwaves and marine cold-spells

By Robert William Schlegel

April 7, 2026

Abstract

Overview talk on marine heatwave and marine cold-spell detection tools, data, and databases.

Date

April 7, 2026

Time

12:00 AM

Location

Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France

Event

Workshop VOG

This workshop talk presents the current ecosystem for detecting marine heatwaves and marine cold-spells.

It covers:

  • the classic and adapted event definitions,
  • software tools and code resources,
  • observational and model data sources,
  • marine heatwave databases and products,
  • and methodological extensions for moving and depth-resolved events.