Sentences with phrase «hurricane lifetime maximum»
Hurricane lifetime maximum intensity in the North Atlantic, eastern and western North Pacific, and South Pacific Oceans (far right).
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The top time series is the number of global tropical cyclones that reached at least hurricane - force (maximum lifetime wind speed exceeds 64 - knots).
Dramatic changes in the frequency distribution of lifetime maximum intensity (LMI) have occurred in the North Atlantic, while smaller changes are evident in the South Pacific and South Indian Oceans, and the stronger hurricanes in all of these regions have become more intense.
The energy released by the average hurricane (again considering all hurricanes worldwide) seems to have increased by around 70 % in the past 30 years or so, corresponding to about a 15 % increase in the maximum wind speed and a 60 % increase in storm lifetime.»
However, using the CMIP3 and CMIP5 multi-model climate projections, the hurricane model also projects that the lifetime maximum intensity of Atlantic hurricanes will increase by about 5 % during the 21st century in general agreement with previous studies.