Storm Killers: Earth Scan Lab Tracks Cold Water Upwellings In Gulf
Tuesday, September 29, 2009 - 19:28
in Earth & Climate
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. 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.