What is the physical process of typhoon pumping from the ocean ?

This is the very question coming from my mind this morning.

People always says that the ocean is the energy provider for typhoon vitality.
However, what are the details ?

• Does any theory support for that?
  
• Any measurement evidence ?
• Has any theorectical aspect been proposed which is argued from thermodynamical or mechanical aspects ?
  

I think this is the core of the ocean-typhoon interaction.

In the bottom (or the boundary layer) of the typhoon, wind blows cyclonically inward in the most parts and spirally upward in the eye (a common picture of the typhooon structure) ; What are the corresponding features that the energy is transferred interactively between the ocean and typhoon ?

Could such process been investigated by analog or more basic experiments in the laboratory ?

Can I trace some theoretical development in the related literatures ? Does it possible to use the scatterometry data for invesigating such related processes ?

This key issue should take more attentions in the following days.