Recent Advances in Ocean Response to Tropical Cyclones

Dear Colleagues,

Tropical cyclones (e.g., typhoons in the western North Pacific and hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean) are important strong weather systems in the middle and low latitudes of the world. They play a significant role in air-sea interaction, physical and biogeochemical environment changes in the upper ocean, and have a certain impact on regional and even global climate change. In addition, strong tropical cyclones often induce storm surges and huge waves which potentially bring serious natural disasters to coastal areas. The response of the ocean to tropical cyclones has received extensive attention and research in the field of oceanography, but there are still some unknown or unclear processes and mechanisms. As global climate continues to warm, various ocean responses to tropical cyclones are also changing to some extent, which deserves in-depth and extensive research.

The aim of this Special Issue, entitled “Recent Advances in Ocean Response to Tropical Cyclones” of the open access Water journal, is to increase the understanding of the impact of tropical cyclones on marine environment and air-sea interaction. It will publish the latest research advances on ocean response to tropical cyclones on different time scales, based on in situ observations, remote sensing data, or numerical model simulations. Authors are welcome to submit original articles or reviews related but not limited to any of the following topics: physical and/or biogeochemical responses of the ocean to tropical cyclones; influence of tropical cyclones on air-sea fluxes; marine disasters associated with tropical cyclones; climatic effects of ocean response to tropical cyclones.

Prof. Dr. Wen-Zhou Zhang
Guest Editor

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• tropical cyclone
• typhoon
• hurricane
• ocean response
• marine disaster
• air-sea interaction
• air-sea flux
• climatic effect