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Observed impact of mesoscale circulation on oceanic response to Typhoon Man-Yi (2007)

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The oceanic response to a typhoon, where mesoscale ocean circulations co-exist, was investigated by analyzing the independent observations of profiling floats data at three different locations, satellite altimetry data near the eye of Typhoon Man-Yi (2007) before and after its passage, and synthetic aperture radar data taken during the typhoon’s passage. In spite of the nearly symmetric wind pattern around the eye, the distribution of mesoscale eddies had a major impact on the surface currents and mixed layer (ML) depths. As a result, the entrainment of the water below the ML into the ML was affected by the mesoscale circulation and became asymmetric, which accounted for most of the changes observed in the temperature profiles. Changes in the isotherms were driven primarily by the westward propagation of the mesoscale pattern rather than by the typhoon-induced shoaling. The typhoon-induced shoaling could have played a significant role in the generation of high-frequency (e.g., near-inertial) oscillations and/or sub-mesoscale structures. Although a similar or even greater energy flux was observed at the surface, the entrainment within the anticyclonic circulation was weaker than that within the cyclonic circulation and at the edge of the anticyclonic circulation because of the thick pre-existing ML. A strong ocean response to Typhoon Man-Yi (2007) within a cyclonic circulation or at the edge of an anticyclonic circulation, rather than within an anticyclonic eddy, has implications for the role of mesoscale ocean circulations in better understanding and forecasting the typhoon intensity.

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This work was supported by the Korea Meteorological Administration Research and Development Program under Grant CATER 2009–3113. This research is also partially funded by NSERC Discovery Grant 7400 to WMM. The first author was supported by a JIMO postdoctoral fellowship at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO). The RADARSAT-1 SAR data used in this study were provided by the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) through the Announcement of Opportunity for RADARSAT Hurricane Applications Project (RHAP) agreement with WMM.

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  1. Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093-0230, USA

    SungHyun Nam

  2. Research Institute of Oceanography (RIO), School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, 151-742, Republic of Korea

    Duk-jin Kim & Wooil M. Moon

  3. Geophysics, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, R3T 2N2, Canada

    Wooil M. Moon

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Nam, S., Kim, Dj. & Moon, W.M. Observed impact of mesoscale circulation on oceanic response to Typhoon Man-Yi (2007). Ocean Dynamics 62, 1–12 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10236-011-0490-8

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