Warmer temperatures lead to wetter tropical cyclones in the North Atlantic

Abstract Tropical cyclones (TCs) and their post-tropical (PTC) counterparts respond differently to surface warming, reflecting distinct thermodynamic and dynamical controls on storm structure and heavy precipitation. To quantify these responses, we developed a dynamically derived wind-based radius (...

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Published in:	npj Climate and Atmospheric Science
Main Authors:	Haider Ali, Hayley J. Fowler, Kevin Reed, Andreas F. Prein
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Nature Portfolio 2026-02-01
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-026-01363-2

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