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The Hurricane—Climate Connection

Year: 2008

Type: article

Abstract: Tropical cyclone activity has long been understood to respond to changing properties of the large-scale atmospheric and oceanic environment. In this essay, evidence for changing tropical cyclone activity is reviewed, and the controversy surrounding the quality of the data itself and the attribution of these environmental changes to various natural and anthropogenic causes, is discussed. At the same time, there is growing evidence that global tropical cyclone activity may itself affect climate in such a way as to mitigate tropical climate change but amplify climate change at higher latitudes. This evidence is reviewed, and possible routes forward in exploring these effects are suggested.

Source: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

DOI: 10.1175/bams-89-5-emanuel

Author: Kerry Emanuel

Language: English

Topic: Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research

Subfield: Atmospheric Science

Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Climate action

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science

Award: Collaborative Research: Global Aspects of Tropical Cyclogenesis