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    Argo array observation of ocean heat content changes induced by tropical cyclones in the north Pacific

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    Figure S1: Probability density functions of heat content changes solely due to the TC responses. (317.5Kb)
    Figure S2: Examples of temperature profile pairs obtained from Argo floats before and after typhoon events. (104.5Kb)
    Figure S3: A simple test to explain possible bias of near-surface and subsurface heat content changes according to the choices of definition for zc in case of the non-intersecting profile pairs. (271.2Kb)
    Figure S4: As in Figure 6 but for the profile pairs of which distance between storm track and post-TC profile is smaller and greater than two times radius of maximum wind. (325.2Kb)
    Figure S5: As in Figure 6, but 200 m is used instead of 400 m as the lower boundary of the vertical integration of ΔHB. (347.8Kb)
    Figure S6: Zonal-averaged post-TC mixed layer depth minus the climatological mean MLD in March. (59.43Kb)
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    Date
    2011-12-16
    Author
    Park, Jong Jin  Concept link
    Kwon, Young-Oh  Concept link
    Price, James F.  Concept link
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    Citable URI
    https://hdl.handle.net/1912/4992
    As published
    https://doi.org/10.1029/2011JC007165
    DOI
    10.1029/2011JC007165
    Keyword
     Argo; Heat content; Tropical cyclones 
    Abstract
    In situ observations from the autonomous Argo float array are used to assess the basin-averaged ocean heat content change driven by tropical cyclones (TCs) in the North Pacific for 2000–2008. A new statistical approach based on pairs of profiles before and after each TC event is employed here to estimate the near-surface and subsurface heat content changes. Previous studies have suggested a dominant role for vertical mixing in the SST cooling response during TC passages. The Argo float observations show that, under strong TCs (greater than or equal to category 4), the subsurface warming expected from vertical mixing occurs with comparable magnitude to near-surface cooling. However, when weak TCs (less than or equal to category 3, which are about 86% of the total of TCs) were also considered, the subsurface warming was not detectable in the Argo data set, while near-surface cooling was still significant. Therefore, these results suggest that air-sea heat exchange and (upward) vertical advection likely play a somewhat greater role in the case of weak TCs. Additionally, Argo observations suggest that the restoring time scale of the near-surface heat content is greater than 30 days, which may be compared with the approximately 10 day time scale for the restoration of sea surface temperature. The mixed layer temperature and mixed layer depth evolutions also estimated from Argo data support the notion that only a thin surface layer is restored quickly to pre-TC conditions, while the rest of the cooled near-surface layer retained the TC-induced response for a good deal longer.
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    Author Posting. © American Geophysical Union, 2011. This article is posted here by permission of American Geophysical Union for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Journal of Geophysical Research 116 (2011): C12025, doi:10.1029/2011JC007165.
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    Journal of Geophysical Research 116 (2011): C12025
     

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