Hurricanes, typhoons and tropical storms annually create disturbance in the atmosphere, the ocean and on land. These powerful storms can have tremendous impact on people living near the coast and on the coastline itself. The links below provide information about the science of these storms and their historical and future potential impacts.
The NERACOOS ocean and weather climate display delivers information about the average weather and ocean conditions between 2001 and 2012. The display also includes information about recent and past years' ocean and weather conditions so that you can compare them to the average conditions from the past decade.
The upper layers of the Canadian Basin constitute a large reservoir of freshwater and buoyancy that derives from river runoff, sea-ice meltwater, and relatively fresh North Pacific waters. We use salinity, oxygen isotopes and nutrient concentrations to study the varying contribution from freshwater components in a series of Arctic Ocean cruises between 1989 and 2005.
