Study targets warm water rings that fuel hurricane intensification in the Caribbean Sea
Researcher deployed 55 aircraft ocean instruments in the region
Last year's devastating category-5 hurricane -- Matthew -- may be one of many past examples of a tropical storm fueled by massive rings of warm water that exist in the upper reaches of the Caribbean Sea.
- J. E. Rudzin, L. K. Shay, B. Jaimes, J. K. Brewster. Upper ocean observations in eastern Caribbean Sea reveal barrier layer within a warm core eddy. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 2017; DOI:10.1002/2016JC012339
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Published February 23, 2017
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