Subsurface marine heatwaves: challenging to detect at the surface yet critically important

Shijian HU

doi:10.1007/s00343-025-5225-7

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Subsurface marine heatwaves: challenging to detect at the surface yet critically important

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- Subsurface marine heatwaves: challenging to detect at the surface yet critically important
- Subsurface marine heatwaves: challenging to detect at the surface yet critically important
- 海洋湖沼学报(英文) 2025年43卷第6期页码：1685-1687
- Affiliations：
  
  1.College of Oceanography, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China
  2.Key Laboratory of Marine Hazards Forecasting, Ministry of Natural Resources, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China
- Author bio：
  
  sjhu@hhu.edu.cn
- Funds：
  
  the National Natural Science Foundation of China(42476016);the Laoshan Laboratory(LSKJ202202702);the Indo-Pacific Ocean and Climate Laboratory Project(424530);from Hohai University
- DOI：10.1007/s00343-025-5225-7
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- 收稿：2025-06-20，
  
  纸质出版：2025-11-01
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Shijian HU. Subsurface marine heatwaves: challenging to detect at the surface yet critically important[J]. 海洋湖沼学报(英文), 2025,43(6):1685-1687.

HU Shijian.Subsurface marine heatwaves: challenging to detect at the surface yet critically important[J].Journal of Oceanology and Limnology,2025,43(06):1685-1687.
Shijian HU. Subsurface marine heatwaves: challenging to detect at the surface yet critically important[J]. 海洋湖沼学报(英文), 2025,43(6):1685-1687. DOI： 10.1007/s00343-025-5225-7.

HU Shijian.Subsurface marine heatwaves: challenging to detect at the surface yet critically important[J].Journal of Oceanology and Limnology,2025,43(06):1685-1687. DOI： 10.1007/s00343-025-5225-7.

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