Sentences with phrase «about hurricane frequency»

About hurricane frequency — not much; the jury is out, as they say.

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He said scientists need about a century's worth of good data to start making sophisticated predictions about the influence of human - caused climate change on hurricane frequency.

It depends on the signal - to - noise ratio, so for global temperature in recent decades 20 years has been about enough, for CO2 concentration 4 years is more than enough while for hurricane frequency 50 years is probably too short.

While the water temperature in the Gulf of Mexico is recently about 4º F above average, a review of major Gulf hurricanes between 1870 and 2010 by meteorologist Roy Spencer at the University of Alabama in Huntsville revealed that they occurred with equal frequency both when conditions were below and above average.

The best example of this was his rant about how dishonest it was for Donald Kennedy, editor of Science to refuse his paper on hurricane frequency.

What the report says about tropical cyclones and climate change: The frequency of the most intense hurricanes is projected to increase in the Atlantic and the eastern North Pacific.

But for those who prefer science to propaganda, here is the truth about major hurricanes in the U.S.: the frequency in the last 150 years has declined, NOT increased.

The smallest pattern — with grid points only about 2 1/2 miles apart — will be laid across the Gulf of Mexico and westernmost Caribbean Sea, to capture the most detailed results about the intensity and frequency of hurricanes.