Impact of tropical cyclones on the heat budget of the South Pacific Ocean

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1882-1906

  Jullien, S ^a   Menkes, C E ^b,c   Marchesiello, P ^a   Jourdain, N C ^d   Lengaigne, M ^c,e   Koch larrouy, A ^a   Lefe vre J ^b,f   Vincent, E M ^c   Faure, V ^g  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^d LEGI   (France)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^f LEGOS   (France)

^g IRD UMR 213 LOPB Laboratoire d'Océanographie Physique et Biogéochimique   (France)

Author keywords

Atmosphere ocean interaction; Hurricanes typhoons; Oceanic mixed layer; Tropical cyclones

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN INTERACTIONS; ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; CURRENT MODELING; CYCLOGENESIS; HEAT BUDGET; HEAT INPUT; IMPACT ANALYSIS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; MESOSCALE; OCEAN HEAT; OCEAN RESPONSE; OCEANIC MIXED LAYERS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH PACIFIC CONVERGENCE ZONES; SUBSURFACE LAYER; SUBSURFACE WATERS; SURFACE COOLING; SURFACE HEAT FLUXES; THERMAL RESPONSE; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VERTICAL ADVECTION; VERTICAL MIXING;

ADVECTION; BUDGET CONTROL; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HURRICANES; MIXING; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; DEEP WATER; HEAT BUDGET; HEAT FLUX; HURRICANE; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TYPHOON; UPWELLING; VERTICAL MIXING;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

EID: 84871377933     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: 15200485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-11-0133.1     Document Type: Article

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