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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Webster, P. J
• Holland, G. J
• Curry, J. A
• Chang, H.-R

Titel

Changes in Tropical Cyclone Number, Duration, and Intensity in a Warming Environment

Ist Teil von

• Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science), 2005-09, Vol.309 (5742), p.1844-1846

Ort / Verlag

Washington, DC: American Association for the Advancement of Science

Erscheinungsjahr

2005

Quelle

American Association for the Advancement of Science

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• We examined the number of tropical cyclones and cyclone days as well as tropical cyclone intensity over the past 35 years, in an environment of increasing sea surface temperature. A large increase was seen in the number and proportion of hurricanes reaching categories 4 and 5. The largest increase occurred in the North Pacific, Indian, and Southwest Pacific Oceans, and the smallest percentage increase occurred in the North Atlantic Ocean. These increases have taken place while the number of cyclones and cyclone days has decreased in all basins except the North Atlantic during the past decade.