3224 JOURNAL OF CLIMATE VOLUME 24 North Atlantic Tropical Storm Frequency Response to Anthropogenic Forcing: Projections and Sources of Uncertainty
The impact of future anthropogenic forcing on the frequency of tropical storms in the North Atlantic basin has been the subject of intensive investigation. However, whether the number of North Atlantic tropical storms will increase or decrease in a warmer climate is still heavily debated and a conse...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.224.716 2023-05-15T17:26:25+02:00 3224 JOURNAL OF CLIMATE VOLUME 24 North Atlantic Tropical Storm Frequency Response to Anthropogenic Forcing: Projections and Sources of Uncertainty Gabriele Villarini Gabriel A. Vecchi Thomas R. Knutson Ming Zhao James A. Smith The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives 2010 application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.224.716 http://www.gfdl.gov/cms-filesystem-action/user_files/gav/publications/vvkzs_10_statproj.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.224.716 http://www.gfdl.gov/cms-filesystem-action/user_files/gav/publications/vvkzs_10_statproj.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://www.gfdl.gov/cms-filesystem-action/user_files/gav/publications/vvkzs_10_statproj.pdf text 2010 ftciteseerx 2016-01-07T18:26:29Z The impact of future anthropogenic forcing on the frequency of tropical storms in the North Atlantic basin has been the subject of intensive investigation. However, whether the number of North Atlantic tropical storms will increase or decrease in a warmer climate is still heavily debated and a consensus has yet to be reached. To shed light on this issue, the authors use a recently developed statistical model, in which the frequency of North Atlantic tropical storms is modeled by a conditional Poisson distribution with rate of occurrence parameter that is a function of tropical Atlantic and mean tropical sea surface temperatures (SSTs). It is shown how the disagreement among dynamical modeling projections of late-twenty-first-century tropical storm frequency can be largely explained by differences in large-scale SST patterns from the different climate model projections used in these studies. The results do not support the notion of large (;200%) increases in tropical storm frequency in the North Atlantic basin over the twenty-first century in response to increasing greenhouse gases (GHGs). Because the statistical model is computationally inexpensive, it is used to examine the impact of different climate models and climate change scenarios on the frequency of North Atlantic tropical storms. The authors estimate that the dominant drivers of uncertainty in projections of tropical storm frequency over the twenty-first century are internal climate variations and systematic intermodel differences in the response of Text North Atlantic Unknown |
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The impact of future anthropogenic forcing on the frequency of tropical storms in the North Atlantic basin has been the subject of intensive investigation. However, whether the number of North Atlantic tropical storms will increase or decrease in a warmer climate is still heavily debated and a consensus has yet to be reached. To shed light on this issue, the authors use a recently developed statistical model, in which the frequency of North Atlantic tropical storms is modeled by a conditional Poisson distribution with rate of occurrence parameter that is a function of tropical Atlantic and mean tropical sea surface temperatures (SSTs). It is shown how the disagreement among dynamical modeling projections of late-twenty-first-century tropical storm frequency can be largely explained by differences in large-scale SST patterns from the different climate model projections used in these studies. The results do not support the notion of large (;200%) increases in tropical storm frequency in the North Atlantic basin over the twenty-first century in response to increasing greenhouse gases (GHGs). Because the statistical model is computationally inexpensive, it is used to examine the impact of different climate models and climate change scenarios on the frequency of North Atlantic tropical storms. The authors estimate that the dominant drivers of uncertainty in projections of tropical storm frequency over the twenty-first century are internal climate variations and systematic intermodel differences in the response of |
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3224 JOURNAL OF CLIMATE VOLUME 24 North Atlantic Tropical Storm Frequency Response to Anthropogenic Forcing: Projections and Sources of Uncertainty |
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3224 JOURNAL OF CLIMATE VOLUME 24 North Atlantic Tropical Storm Frequency Response to Anthropogenic Forcing: Projections and Sources of Uncertainty |
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3224 JOURNAL OF CLIMATE VOLUME 24 North Atlantic Tropical Storm Frequency Response to Anthropogenic Forcing: Projections and Sources of Uncertainty |
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3224 JOURNAL OF CLIMATE VOLUME 24 North Atlantic Tropical Storm Frequency Response to Anthropogenic Forcing: Projections and Sources of Uncertainty |
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3224 journal of climate volume 24 north atlantic tropical storm frequency response to anthropogenic forcing: projections and sources of uncertainty |
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