Tropical cyclone (TC) winds vigorously mix the upper ocean. This mixing provides energy to the ocean driving large-scale circulations and variability (such as El Nino). Quantifying the effect of TCs on the ocean is important for understanding how climate is changing. A high-resolution global ocean model sensitivity experiment was used to isolate the effect of TCs on the upper ocean. We show results for one year with and without TC forcing.
Credit & Acknowledgements:
Principal Investigator: Dr. Ryan L. Sriver, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Principal Investigator: Hui Li, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Visualization: David Bock, National Center for Supercomputing Applications
Date: July 1, 2017