Nature Communications (Apr 2019)

The role of enhanced velocity shears in rapid ocean cooling during Super Typhoon Nepartak 2016

  • Yiing Jang Yang,
  • Ming-Huei Chang,
  • Chia-Ying Hsieh,
  • Hung-I Chang,
  • Sen Jan,
  • Ching-Ling Wei

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09574-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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A better understanding of typhoon–ocean interactions is critical for improving typhoon forecasts. Here the authors use data from two buoys that captured Super Typhoon Nepartak and combine it with numerical simulations to reveal the role of enhanced velocity shear in rapid upper-ocean cooling.