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Picture of the month: Satellite imagery of sea surface temperature cooling in the wake of Hurricane Edouard (1996)
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Monthly Weather Review
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October 1, 1997
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1. Introduction
It is well documented that in the wake of a hurricane there is significant cooling of sea surface temperature (SST) (Hazelworth 1968; Brand 1971; Federov 1972; Stramma et al. 1986; Shay et al. 1992; Pudov et al. 1978; Pudov 1980; Black and Holland 1995). Figure 1 represents a dramatic recent example of such cooling observed from satellite radiometer data after the passage of Hurricane Edouard (1996) off the east coast of the United States. The figure is a composite of SSTs derived from Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) data broadcast over 3 days (0531 UTC 31 August 1996-1001 UTC 3 September 1996) by the polar-orbiting NOAA-12 and NOAA-14 satellites. This sea ...