Rapid Intensification of Hurricane Ian in Relation to Anomalously Warm Subsurface Water on the Wide Continental Shelf

Abstract Hurricane Ian rapidly intensified from Category 3 to 5 as it transited the wide West Florida Shelf (WFS). This is ascribed to heating by the anomalously warm shelf waters, despite the water depth being shallow when compared to the thicker, mixed layer areas of the deeper ocean. By examining...

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Main Authors: Yonggang Liu, Robert H. Weisberg, Luis Sorinas, Jason A. Law, Alexander K. Nickerson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2025-01-01
Series:Geophysical Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL113192
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