Mediterranean Marine Heatwaves (MHWs) as detected from ESA CCI SST 0.05°x0.05° covering 1982-2021

Daily records of Mediterranean Marine Heatwaves (MHW) resulting from detection applied to the European Space Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) Sea Surface Temperature (SST) satellite product on a regular 0.05°x0.05° grid, covering the period 01/01/1982-31/12/2021. The MHW detection has been carried out via Hobday's method (Hobday et al. 2016). The <strong>mhw_original</strong> field provides the intensity of anomaly [°C] of MHW events detected on the original SST data, while the <strong>mhw_detrended</strong> field describes the intensity of anomaly [°C] of MHW events detected on detrended SST data, via X-11 seasonal adjustment procedure. The production of this dataset has been sustained with the support of the European Space Agency (ESA) "deteCtion and threAts of maRinE Heat waves" project (CAREHeat; grant number: 4000137121/21/I-DT). References:<br> Hobday, A. J., Alexander, L. V., Perkins, S. E., Smale, D. A., Straub, S. C., Oliver, E. C., ... &amp; Wernberg, T. (2016). <br> A hierarchical approach to defining marine heatwaves. Progress in Oceanography 141:227–238, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2015.12.014.