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Knutson, Thomas R., McBride, John L., Chan, Johnny, Emanuel, Kerry, Holland, Greg, Landsea, Chris, Held, Isaac, Kossin, James P. +2 more·2010·Nature Geoscience

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  • Increases in the frequency of the most intense tropical cyclones are expected as the climate warms.

    “whereas increases in the frequency of the most intense tropical cyclones are expected as the climate warms [42]”

    From Precipitation Extremes Under Climate Change (2015) · cites this paper as [42]

    The copy’s “Tropical Cyclone Intensity Projections” section (page unavailable) says the strongest cyclones are expected to become a larger fraction of all tropical cyclones as the climate warms. That supports an increase in their relative frequency, but does not establish the claim’s unqualified increase in how often the most intense cyclones occur. (LLM, conf=0.83)

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Knutson, T. R., McBride, J. L., Chan, J., Emanuel, K., Holland, G., Landsea, C., Held, I., Kossin, J. P., Srivastava, A. K., & Sugi, M.
Affiliations
  • NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (US)
  • City University of Hong Kong (HK)
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US)
  • NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research (US)
  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US)
  • India Meteorological Department (IN)
  • Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JP)
Corresponding author
Knutson, Thomas R.
Venue
Nature Geoscience
Published
2010-02-21
Volume
3
Issue
3
Pages
157-163
ISSN
  • 1752-0894 (ISSN-L)
  • 1752-0908
OpenAlex
W2167905626
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104.21
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Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Atmospheric Science › Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Climate variability and models
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Climate Change and Environmental Impact
Keywords
tropical cyclones, climate change, global warming, tropical cyclone intensity, tropical cyclone frequency, trend detection, climate change attribution, climate change projections, tropical cyclone basins, natural variation

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