Fig. 5: Significant impacts of the subsurface ocean on the genesis of tropical cyclones (TCs).
From: Crucial role of subsurface ocean variability in tropical cyclone genesis
a Relationship between the changes in the depth of the 26 °C isotherm (D26) and the changes in sea surface temperatures (SSTs). The black line represents the linear regression between the two changes. Grey shading represents the 95% confidence interval. Yellow line is for the linear regression with the range of D26 change from −25 m to 25 m. Red line is for the linear regression with the range of D26 change from −10 m to 10 m. The purple dashed ellipse encloses 95% of all points. b Relationship between the changes in SSTs and the rate of TC intensity changes. Black dots represent the 90th percentiles of the TC intensity change rate. The black error bars are the standard errors of the 90th percentile estimated by bootstrapping with 10,000 replicates (Methods). Solid blue line represents the 90th quantile regression, and the regression equation with the p-value is shown on the upper side of the panel. c Same as b but for relationship between the changes in D26 and the rate of TC intensity change.
