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LSU Highlights: LSU’s Earth Scan Lab Tracks Cold Water Upwellings in Gulf
Cold water cyclones may have strong impact on hurricane intensity and activity
The Earth Scan Lab's research in interactions between tropical storms and the cool wakes they create are highlighted In an online article written by LSU's <a href="http://www.lsu.edu/ur/ocur/lsunews/MediaCenter/News/Contacts/item4270.html">Ashley Berthelot</a>:
Complex interactions between the ocean and overlying atmosphere cause hurricanes to form, and also have a tremendous amount of influence on the path, intensity and duration of a hurricane or tropical weather event. As researchers develop new ways to better understand and predict the nature of individual storms, a largely unstudied phenomenon has caught the attention of scientists at LSU’s Earth Scan Laboratory, or ESL. Cool water upwellings occurring within ocean cyclones following alongside and behind hurricanes are sometimes strong enough to reduce the strength of hurricanes as they cross paths.
Be sure to check out our research page for more information on cool water upwellings following storm passage.
Published: September 16, 2009
