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Articles | Volume 20, issue 6
Articles | Volume 20, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-20-1441-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-20-1441-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 20, issue 6
Research article
 | 
05 Nov 2024
Research article |  | 05 Nov 2024

Upper-ocean changes with hurricane-strength wind events: a study using Argo profiles and an ocean reanalysis

Jacopo Sala, Donata Giglio, Addison Hu, Mikael Kuusela, Kimberly M. Wood, and Ann B. Lee

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/os-20-1441-2024-supplement

Data sets

Argo float data and metadata from global data assembly centre (Argo GDAC) Argo https://doi.org/10.17882/42182

GOFS 3.1: 41-layer HYCOM + NCODA Global 1/12° Reanalysis HYCOM https://www.hycom.org/data/glbv0pt08/expt-53ptx

A Web Application for Fast Delivery, Visualization, and Analysis of Argo Data (https://argovis.colorado.edu) T. Tucker et al. https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-19-0041.1

Argovis Demo Notebooks D. Giglio and B. K.-A. Mills https://github.com/argovis/demo_notebooks

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Short summary
As Earth’s climate warms, cyclone intensity and rain may increase. Cyclones, like hurricanes, gain strength from warm ocean waters. Understanding how oceans react to strong winds is vital. We highlight ocean responses to pre-storm salinity. Changes in salinity affect oceans during storms: salinity rises, temperature falls, and density increases. We suggest that mixing of near-surface with deeper water may impact heat exchange between the ocean and atmosphere during and after a weather event.
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