Loop Current warming by Hurricane Wilma

Details Loop Current warming by Hurricane Wilma Loop Current warming by Hurricane Wilma

Apr 2006

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006georl..3308613o&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 33, Issue 8, CiteID L08613

Physics

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Atmospheric Processes: Ocean/Atmosphere Interactions (0312, 4504), Oceanography: Physical: Air/Sea Interactions (0312, 3339), Oceanography: Physical: Eddies And Mesoscale Processes, Oceanography: Physical: Upper Ocean And Mixed Layer Processes, Oceanography: General: Numerical Modeling (0545, 0560)

Scientific paper

Hurricanes mix and cool the upper ocean, as shown here in observations and modeling of the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico during the passage of hurricane Wilma. Curiously, the upper ocean around the Loop Current warmed prior to Wilma's entrance into the Gulf. The major cause was increased volume and heat transports through the Yucatan Channel produced by storm-induced convergences in the northwestern Caribbean Sea. Such oceanic variability may have important impacts on hurricane predictions.

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