Physics
Scientific paper
Jun 2008
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008georl..3512803s&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 35, Issue 12, CiteID L12803
Physics
Atmospheric Processes: Tropical Meteorology, Oceanography: Physical: Upper Ocean And Mixed Layer Processes, Atmospheric Processes: Ocean/Atmosphere Interactions (0312, 4504)
Scientific paper
We examined the sea surface temperature (SST) distribution in the western North Pacific warm pool when a typhoon is generated in northern summer. Analyzing satellite observation data revealed higher (lower) SST north (south) of the typhoon. As a result, the meridional SST gradient became especially steep, and the SST was not homogeneously high, when a typhoon is generated. In-situ observation data in the oceanic surface layer suggested that the low SST was caused by vertical mixing related to the strong southwesterly monsoon. In contrast, the hot spots north of the typhoon were associated with weak sea surface wind and vertical mixing. According to satellite observation, the maxima of surface heat flux and water vapor shifted northward corresponding to the high SST. They may produce an asymmetry of the thermodynamic structure of a typhoon.
Sato Naoko
Shirooka Ryuichi
Takayabu Yukari N.
Yoshizaki Motoko
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