Estimation of the maximum annual number of North Atlantic tropical cyclones using climate models

Millennia-long climate model simulations suggest that the 2005 North Atlantic hurricane season produced close to the maximum number of tropical cyclones that this basin can sustain in a given year under current climate conditions.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:	Science Advances
Main Authors:	Lavender, Sally L., Walsh, Kevin J. E., Caron, Louis-Philippe, King, Malcolm, Monkiewicz, Sam, Guishard, Mark, Zhang, Qiong, Hunt, Barrie
Other Authors:	Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences’ Risk Prediction Initiative
Format:	Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:	English
Published:	American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2018
Subjects:	North Atlantic
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aat6509 https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/sciadv.aat6509

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Summary:	Millennia-long climate model simulations suggest that the 2005 North Atlantic hurricane season produced close to the maximum number of tropical cyclones that this basin can sustain in a given year under current climate conditions.