wind-induced surface heat exchange

{{Short description|Ocean to atmospheric positive feedback}}

The wind-induced surface heat exchange (WISHE) is a positive feedback mechanism between the ocean and atmosphere in which a stronger ocean-to-atmosphere heat flux results in a stronger atmospheric circulation, which results in a strong heat flux.{{cite web |url=http://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Wind-induced_surface_heat_exchange |title=Wind-induced surface heat exchange |work=AMS Glossary |accessdate=7 March 2010}} It has been hypothesized that this is the mechanism by which low pressure areas in the tropics develop into tropical cyclones.

The WISHE mechanism was proposed by Kerry Emanuel in a Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences article published in 1986{{snd}}though it was first termed "air–sea interaction instability"{{snd}}as an alternative to the more prevalent conditional instability of a second kind (CISK) hypothesis.{{cite journal |last1=Craig |first1=George C. |last2=Gray |first2=Suzanne L. |title=CISK or WISHE as the Mechanism for Tropical Cyclone Intensification |journal=Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences |date=1 December 1996 |volume=53 |issue=23 |pages=3528–3540 |doi=10.1175/1520-0469(1996)053<3528:COWATM>2.0.CO;2 |bibcode=1996JAtS...53.3528C |doi-access=free}}