Air‐Sea Interactions in the Cold Wakes of Tropical Cyclones
Abstract Tropical cyclones generate a large and wide cold wake along their trajectories, which conditions the subsequent evolution of the tropical cyclone themselves. The cold wakes persist for weeks, impacting both the upper ocean, the air‐sea fluxes, and the atmosphere. The study by Z. Ma et al. (...
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| description | Abstract Tropical cyclones generate a large and wide cold wake along their trajectories, which conditions the subsequent evolution of the tropical cyclone themselves. The cold wakes persist for weeks, impacting both the upper ocean, the air‐sea fluxes, and the atmosphere. The study by Z. Ma et al. (2020, https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL088873) for the first time analyzes a composite of remotely sensed data sets to show that cold wakes modify surface winds and reduce cloud coverage and rainfall. These results contribute to shedding light on the mechanisms at the origin of the air‐sea feedbacks, which can differ at different latitudes depending on the stability of the marine atmospheric boundary layer. The work stimulates further research to assess whether the cloud cover anomalies induced by tropical cyclones significantly modify the radiative budget of the Earth. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-4fe7fa40f7a9435996a7d31a644e7bf42025-08-20T03:07:24ZengWileyGeophysical Research Letters0094-82761944-80072021-01-01482n/an/a10.1029/2020GL091185Air‐Sea Interactions in the Cold Wakes of Tropical CyclonesClaudia Pasquero0Fabien Desbiolles1Agostino N. Meroni2Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences Università di Milano ‐ Bicocca Milan ItalyDepartment of Earth and Environmental Sciences Università di Milano ‐ Bicocca Milan ItalyDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering Politecnico di Milano Milan ItalyAbstract Tropical cyclones generate a large and wide cold wake along their trajectories, which conditions the subsequent evolution of the tropical cyclone themselves. The cold wakes persist for weeks, impacting both the upper ocean, the air‐sea fluxes, and the atmosphere. The study by Z. Ma et al. (2020, https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL088873) for the first time analyzes a composite of remotely sensed data sets to show that cold wakes modify surface winds and reduce cloud coverage and rainfall. These results contribute to shedding light on the mechanisms at the origin of the air‐sea feedbacks, which can differ at different latitudes depending on the stability of the marine atmospheric boundary layer. The work stimulates further research to assess whether the cloud cover anomalies induced by tropical cyclones significantly modify the radiative budget of the Earth.https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL091185air‐sea feedbackscloud coveragecold wakestropical cyclonesSST anomalies |
| spellingShingle | Claudia Pasquero Fabien Desbiolles Agostino N. Meroni Air‐Sea Interactions in the Cold Wakes of Tropical Cyclones Geophysical Research Letters air‐sea feedbacks cloud coverage cold wakes tropical cyclones SST anomalies |
| title | Air‐Sea Interactions in the Cold Wakes of Tropical Cyclones |
| title_full | Air‐Sea Interactions in the Cold Wakes of Tropical Cyclones |
| title_fullStr | Air‐Sea Interactions in the Cold Wakes of Tropical Cyclones |
| title_full_unstemmed | Air‐Sea Interactions in the Cold Wakes of Tropical Cyclones |
| title_short | Air‐Sea Interactions in the Cold Wakes of Tropical Cyclones |
| title_sort | air sea interactions in the cold wakes of tropical cyclones |
| topic | air‐sea feedbacks cloud coverage cold wakes tropical cyclones SST anomalies |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL091185 |
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