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

By P. Webster, Greg J. Holland, J. Curry, H.-R. Chang. Science, 2005

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Subfields: Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography

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Dangerous human-made interference with climate: a GISS modelE study (2006, background): “Some measures of Atlantic hurricane intensity and duration increased in recent years, raising concern that global warming may be a factor in this trend (Bell et al., 2005; Webster et al., 2005; Emanuel, 2005).”
Assessment of Twentieth-Century Regional Surface Temperature Trends using the GFDL CM2 Coupled Models (2006, background): “Recent observational studies (Emanuel 2005; Webster et al. 2005) suggest that a hurricane intensification signal may already be emerging in the observational data.”
A More General Framework for Understanding Atlantic Hurricane Variability and Trends (2007, methodology): “To uncover this relationship Emanuel (2005) used a PDI, which considers the cube of the maximum wind speed and thus tends to accentuate changes in intensity, and Webster et al. (2005) looked at the frequency of the most extreme intensities (Saffir-Simpson categories 4 and 5).”
Species composition, habitat, and water quality influence coral bleaching in southern Florida. (2010, background): “…the loss of symbiotic zooxanthellae and pigments in reef corals, has recently become commonplace in the world’s tropical oceans (Brown 1997, Hoegh-Guldberg 1999, Coles & Brown 2003, Douglas 2003, Hoegh-Guldberg et al. 2007) because of worldwide increases in sea temperatures (Webster et al. 2005).”
The Value of Coastal Wetlands for Hurricane Protection (2008, background): “(2), and an upward trend in tropical cyclone destructive potential (3).”
Coupled Human and Natural Systems (2007, background): “Hurricane intensity has increased in the past three decades in both the Atlantic and Pacific, coincident with warming of the sea surface significantly associated with human forces (89, 90).”
Climate change effects on plant disease: genomes to ecosystems. (2006, background): “Although the IPCC (69) concluded in 2001 that there was no compelling evidence that characteristics of tropical and extratropical storms have changed, more recent analyses have concluded that there have been changes in storm patterns in recent years (47, 145), which could influence the global moveme”
Climate Change Futures: Health, Ecological and Economic Dimensions (2004, background): “With weather-related losses on the rise and extreme events more frequent, can we look back on historical data and draw conclusions about the likely impact of climate change on future losses? Can we tease out the role of climate from other factors when looking at specific events? The consequences are”
Decadal variations of intense typhoon occurrence in the western North Pacific (2008, background): “It has further been proposed that an increase in SST would allow TCs to become more intense (Webster et al. 2005).”
Geophysical Applications of Partial Wavelet Coherence and Multiple Wavelet Coherence (2012, background): “…temperature due to global warming may induce increases in tropical cyclone frequency and intensity (e.g., Knutson and Tuleya 1999; Emanuel 2005; Webster et al. 2005), Chan and Liu (2004) found that tropical cyclone activity over the western North Paciﬁc (WNP) does not seem to depend on the…”
A Review of Ecosystem Services, Farmer Livelihoods, and Value Chains in Shade Coffee Agroecosystems (2011, background): “Currently, climatological models predict general drying in parts of the Caribbean and Central America, coupled with stronger and later-season hurricanes (Neelin et al. 2006; Webster et al. 2005).”
THE ECONOMICS OF HURRICANES AND IMPLICATIONS OF GLOBAL WARMING (2010, background): “On a global scale, the annual number of TCs over the 1970–2004 period averaged around 85 (Webster et al., 2005).”
Strategies to adapt to an uncertain climate change (2008, background): “…this situation, where observations cannot provide the required information: does the current high-activity level in the North Atlantic arise from climate change, as proposed by Emanuel (2005) and Webster et al. (2005), or does it arise from multi-decadal variability as proposed by Landsea (2005)?”
Flood Insurance Coverage in the Coastal Zone (2011, neutral): “Recent predictions suggest that we are entering a period of increased storm activity (Goldenberg et al. 2001; Webster et al. 2005) which could exacerbate coastal risk.”