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We investigated the impact of the TCs Felicia and Ida that emerged in 2021 in the eastern North Pacific and the Gulf of Mexico, respectively, using satellite observations of sea-surface temperature (SST) and surface chlorophyll a (chl-a) concentrations, and vertical profiles of temperature and salinity derived from Argo floats. Observations differed between the two study areas. Cooling of SST associated with TC Ida was observed throughout the Gulf of Mexico (&lt;0.5 \u00b0C), except for warming in a region off the Mexican coast east of Ida\u2019s track (by about 0.5 \u00b0C). The passing of TC Felicia cooled SST in the eastern region (15\u00b0N, 115\u00b0W) and a central region (15\u00b0N, 125\u00b0W) by 0.5 \u00b0C and 0.36 \u00b0C, respectively. The passing of the TCs caused enhanced vertical mixing of the upper ocean layer in the Gulf of Mexico, with a deepening of the mixed layers from 38 m to 68 m (TC Ida). In contrast, the mixed layer in the eastern North Pacific decreased from 50 m to 20 m. For the eastern North Pacific, mixing could be related to an increase in surface chl-a and thus enhanced phytoplankton biomass was observed for 2 months after the passing of TC Felicia with a chl-a increase of 0.15 mg m\u22123. In the Gulf of Mexico, however, TC Ida caused the injection of a coastal phytoplankton bloom into the open Gulf, resting for more than a month after the cyclone had passed. Our findings contribute to the understanding of potential SST cooling, destratification, and enhanced primary production due to the passage of TCs in two distinct ocean regions, i.e., the open eastern North Pacific and the semi-enclosed Gulf of Mexico.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs14215520","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,11,3]],"date-time":"2022-11-03T03:53:07Z","timestamp":1667447587000},"page":"5520","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Upper Ocean Responses to the Tropical Cyclones Ida and Felicia (2021) in the Gulf of Mexico and the Eastern North Pacific"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0578-8928","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sebastian","family":"Neun","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, University of Oldenburg, 26382 Wilhelmshaven, Germany"}]},{"given":"Jan","family":"Jacob","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, University of Oldenburg, 26382 Wilhelmshaven, Germany"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0905-4721","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Oliver","family":"Wurl","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, University of Oldenburg, 26382 Wilhelmshaven, Germany"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,11,2]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"Field, C.B., Barros, V., Stocker, T.F., Qin, D., Dokken, D.J., Ebi, K.L., Mastrandrea, M.D., Mach, K.J., Plattner, G.-K., and Allen, S.K. 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