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dc.contributor.authorVincent, E.M.
dc.contributor.authorEmanuel, K.A.
dc.contributor.authorLengaigne, M.
dc.contributor.authorVialard, J.
dc.contributor.authorMadec, G.
dc.date.accessioned2017-09-27T13:07:38Z
dc.date.available2017-09-27T13:07:38Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, vol.6; 2014; 680-699
dc.identifier.urihttp://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/5175
dc.description.abstractClimate modes, such as the El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO), influence Tropical Cyclones ~ (TCs) interannual activity through their effect on large-scale atmospheric environment. These climate modes also induce interannual variations of subsurface oceanic stratification, which may also influence TCs. Changes in oceanic stratification indeed modulate the amplitude of TCs-induced cooling, and hence the negative feedback of air-sea interactions on the TC intensity. Here we use a dynamical downscaling approach that couples an axisymmetric TC model to a simple ocean model to quantify this interannual oceanic control on TC activity. We perform twin experiments with contrasted oceanic stratifications representative of interannual variability in each TC-prone region. While subsurface oceanic variations do not significantly affect the number of moderate (Category 3 or less) TCs, they do induce a 30% change of Category 5 TC-days globally, and a 70% change for TCs exceeding 85 m s2<sup>-1</sup>. TCs in the western Pacific and the southwestern Indian Ocean are most sensitive to oceanic interannual variability (with a 10 m s2<sup>-1</sup> modulation of the intensity of strongest storms at low latitude), owing to large upper ocean variations in response to ENSO. These results imply that a representation of ocean stratification variability should benefit operational forecasts of intense TCs and the understanding of their climatic variability
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherAmerican Geophysical Union
dc.rightsCopyright [2014]. All efforts have been made to respect the copyright to the best of our knowledge. Inadvertent omissions, if brought to our notice, stand for correction and withdrawal of document from this repository
dc.subjectGEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS
dc.subjectOCEANOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY
dc.subjectMETEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY
dc.subjectMETEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY
dc.titleInfluence of upper ocean stratification interannual variability on tropical cyclones
dc.typeJournal Article


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