Climate Change - Cyclones

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This page presents notes on scientific published articles related to Cyclones.

Article: "Observational evidence for an ocean heat pump induced by tropical cyclones."

Ocean mixing is linked to ocean's ability to store and transport heat.
Measured mixing rates are significantly lower than those inferred from budget analyses.
Tropical cyclones are responsible for significant cooling and vertical mixing of surface ocean in tropical regions.
Magnitude of mixing strongly related to sea surface temperature.
Future increases in tropical temperatures may feed back on climate, distribute heat pole-ward, raise global mean temperature.

Source: Nature, Volume 447, Number 7144.
Date: 2007 May 31

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