Impacts of 2009 typhoons on seawater properties and top layer ocean's structure in the Northwest Pacific Ocean

• Main Authors: Dayang Siti Maryam Mohd Hanan, Than Aung, Ejria Saleh
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Penerbit UKM 2015
• Subjects: GC1-1581 Oceanography
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/31687/1/Impacts%20of%202009%20typhoons%20on%20seawater%20properties%20and%20top%20layer%20ocean%27s%20structure%20in%20the%20Northwest%20Pacific%20Ocean_ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/31687/2/Impacts%20of%202009%20typhoons%20on%20seawater%20properties%20and%20top%20layer%20ocean%27s%20structure%20in%20the%20Northwest%20Pacific%20Ocean.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/31687/; http://www.ukm.my/jsm/pdf_files/SM-PDF-44-02-2015/02%20Dayang%20%20Siti%20Maryam.pdf; https://doi.org/10.17576/jsm-2015-4402-02
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sabah

Passing over the ocean surface, typhoon absorbs heat from the sea water as it needs the heat as its 'fuel'. The process is via evaporation of water. Subsequently, the sea surface temperature (SST) in that area will significantly decrease. Due to strong typhoon wind water is evaporated from...