Influence of Tropical Tropopause Layer Cooling on Atlantic Hurricane Activity

Virtually all metrics of Atlantic tropical cyclone activity show substantial increases over the past two decades. It is argued here that cooling near the tropical tropopause and the associated decrease in tropical cyclone outflow temperature contributed to the observed increase in tropical cyclone p...

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Main Authors: Solomon, Susan (Contributor), Folini, Doris (Author), Davis, Sean (Author), Cagnazzo, Chiara (Author), Emanuel, Kerry Andrew (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemistry (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Program in Atmospheres, Oceans, and Climate (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Meteorological Society, 2013-10-03T15:00:47Z.
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