Recent increases in tropical cyclone intensification rates

Tropical cyclones that rapidly intensify are associated with the highest forecast errors and the strongest storms. This study shows that the proportion of tropical cyclones that rapidly intensify recently increased in the Atlantic basin, and that this trend is likely due to anthropogenic forcing.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Nature Communications
Main Authors: Kieran T. Bhatia, Gabriel A. Vecchi, Thomas R. Knutson, Hiroyuki Murakami, James Kossin, Keith W. Dixon, Carolyn E. Whitlock
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2019-02-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08471-z