| DOI: | 10.5194/cp-11-1433-2015
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| Scopus记录号: | 2-s2.0-84945244045
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| 论文题名: | Tropical cyclone genesis potential across palaeoclimates |
| 作者: | Koh J.H.; Brierley C.M.
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| 刊名: | Climate of the Past
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| ISSN: | 18149324
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| 出版年: | 2015
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| 卷: | 11, 期:10 | | 起始页码: | 1433
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| 结束页码: | 1451
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| 语种: | 英语
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| 英文摘要: | The favourability of the mid-Pliocene, Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) and mid-Holocene for tropical cyclone formation is investigated in five climate models. This is measured by a genesis potential index, derived from large-scale atmospheric properties known to be related to storm formation. The mid-Pliocene and Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) were periods where carbon dioxide levels were higher and lower than preindustrial levels respectively, while the mid-Holocene differed primarily in its orbital configuration. The cumulative global genesis potential is found to be fairly invariant across the palaeoclimates in the multi-model mean. Despite this all ensemble members agree on coherent responses in the spatial patterns of genesis potential change. During the mid-Pliocene and LGM, changes in carbon dioxide led to sea surface temperature changes throughout the tropics, yet the potential intensity (a measure associated with maximum tropical cyclone strength) is calculated to be relatively insensitive to these changes. Changes in tropical cyclone genesis potential during the mid-Holocene are found to be asymmetric about the Equator: being reduced in the Northern Hemisphere but enhanced in the Southern Hemisphere. This is clearly driven by the altered seasonal insolation. Nonetheless, the enhanced seasonality drove localised changes in genesis potential, by altering the strength of monsoons and shifting the intertropical convergence zone. Trends in future tropical cyclone genesis potential are consistent neither between the five models studied nor with the palaeoclimate results. It is not clear why this should be the case. © Author(s) 2015. |
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| 资源类型: | 期刊论文
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| 标识符: | http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/49102
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| Appears in Collections: | 气候变化与战略
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Koh J.H.,Brierley C.M.. Tropical cyclone genesis potential across palaeoclimates[J]. Climate of the Past,2015-01-01,11(10)
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