Tropical cyclones in the GISS ModelE2
The authors describe the characteristics of tropical cyclone (TC) activity in the GISS general circulation ModelE2 with a horizontal resolution 1°×1°. Four model simulations are analysed. In the first, the model is forced with sea surface temperature (SST) from the recent historical climatology. The...
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doaj-05ec56da3b1c48c99b2647b5d572ef1c2020-11-24T21:37:14ZengTaylor & Francis GroupTellus: Series A, Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography1600-08702016-07-0168012110.3402/tellusa.v68.3149431494Tropical cyclones in the GISS ModelE2Suzana J. Camargo0Adam H. Sobel1Anthony D. Delgenio2Jeffrey A. Jonas3Maxwell Kelley4Yun Lu5Daniel A. Shaevitz6Naomi Henderson7 Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY, USA Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY, USA NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY, USA NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY, USA NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY, USA Ningbo Meteorological Office, Ningbo City, Zhejiang, China Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY, USAThe authors describe the characteristics of tropical cyclone (TC) activity in the GISS general circulation ModelE2 with a horizontal resolution 1°×1°. Four model simulations are analysed. In the first, the model is forced with sea surface temperature (SST) from the recent historical climatology. The other three have different idealised climate change simulations, namely (1) a uniform increase of SST by 2 degrees, (2) doubling of the CO2 concentration and (3) a combination of the two. These simulations were performed as part of the US Climate Variability and Predictability Program Hurricane Working Group. Diagnostics of standard measures of TC activity are computed from the recent historical climatological SST simulation and compared with the same measures computed from observations. The changes in TC activity in the three idealised climate change simulations, by comparison with that in the historical climatological SST simulation, are also described. Similar to previous results in the literature, the changes in TC frequency in the simulation with a doubling CO2 and an increase in SST are approximately the linear sum of the TC frequency in the other two simulations. However, in contrast with previous results, in these simulations the effects of CO2 and SST on TC frequency oppose each other. Large-scale environmental variables associated with TC activity are then analysed for the present and future simulations. Model biases in the large-scale fields are identified through a comparison with ERA-Interim reanalysis. Changes in the environmental fields in the future climate simulations are shown and their association with changes in TC activity discussed.http://www.tellusa.net/index.php/tellusa/article/view/31494/47961Hurricanesglobal climate modelclimate change |
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Suzana J. Camargo Adam H. Sobel Anthony D. Delgenio Jeffrey A. Jonas Maxwell Kelley Yun Lu Daniel A. Shaevitz Naomi Henderson |
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Suzana J. Camargo Adam H. Sobel Anthony D. Delgenio Jeffrey A. Jonas Maxwell Kelley Yun Lu Daniel A. Shaevitz Naomi Henderson Tropical cyclones in the GISS ModelE2 Tellus: Series A, Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography Hurricanes global climate model climate change |
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Suzana J. Camargo Adam H. Sobel Anthony D. Delgenio Jeffrey A. Jonas Maxwell Kelley Yun Lu Daniel A. Shaevitz Naomi Henderson |
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Tropical cyclones in the GISS ModelE2 |
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Tropical cyclones in the GISS ModelE2 |
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Tropical cyclones in the GISS ModelE2 |
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Tropical cyclones in the GISS ModelE2 |
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Taylor & Francis Group |
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Tellus: Series A, Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography |
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1600-0870 |
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2016-07-01 |
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The authors describe the characteristics of tropical cyclone (TC) activity in the GISS general circulation ModelE2 with a horizontal resolution 1°×1°. Four model simulations are analysed. In the first, the model is forced with sea surface temperature (SST) from the recent historical climatology. The other three have different idealised climate change simulations, namely (1) a uniform increase of SST by 2 degrees, (2) doubling of the CO2 concentration and (3) a combination of the two. These simulations were performed as part of the US Climate Variability and Predictability Program Hurricane Working Group. Diagnostics of standard measures of TC activity are computed from the recent historical climatological SST simulation and compared with the same measures computed from observations. The changes in TC activity in the three idealised climate change simulations, by comparison with that in the historical climatological SST simulation, are also described. Similar to previous results in the literature, the changes in TC frequency in the simulation with a doubling CO2 and an increase in SST are approximately the linear sum of the TC frequency in the other two simulations. However, in contrast with previous results, in these simulations the effects of CO2 and SST on TC frequency oppose each other. Large-scale environmental variables associated with TC activity are then analysed for the present and future simulations. Model biases in the large-scale fields are identified through a comparison with ERA-Interim reanalysis. Changes in the environmental fields in the future climate simulations are shown and their association with changes in TC activity discussed. |
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Hurricanes global climate model climate change |
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