Stratified coastal ocean interactions with tropical cyclones

Accurate forecasts of hurricane intensity remain problematic. Here, using an ocean observing network to inform ocean and atmospheric model simulations, the authors show that consideration of ahead-of-eye cooling improves intensity forecasts.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: S. M. Glenn, T. N. Miles, G. N. Seroka, Y. Xu, R. K. Forney, F. Yu, H. Roarty, O. Schofield, J. Kohut
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016-03-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10887