Response of a tropical cyclone to a subsurface ocean eddy and the role of boundary layer dynamics

• Published in: Quarterly journal of the Royal Meteorological Society Vol. 148; no. 742; pp. 378 - 402
• Main Authors: Kumar, Arjun U., Brüggemann, Nils, Smith, Roger K., Marotzke, Jochem
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, UK John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 01.01.2022; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Air; Air-sea interaction; air–sea interactions; Boundary layer dynamics; Boundary layers; Cyclones; Decay; Dynamics; Equivalent potential temperature; Hurricanes; Mass flux; Oceans; Potential temperature; Sea surface; Sea surface temperature; Surface temperature; Tropical climate; Tropical cyclone intensities; tropical cyclone intensity; Tropical cyclones; warm‐core eddy

We analyse a tropical cyclone simulated for a realistic ocean‐eddy field using the global, nonhydrostatic, fully coupled atmosphere–ocean ICOsahedral Nonhydrostatic (ICON) model. After intensifying rapidly, the tropical cyclone decays following its interaction with a cold wake and subsequently reint...