Sentences with phrase «affected cyclone»

Whether global warming has affected cyclone frequency and intensity is already uncertain.

But it's too early to say how climate change may have already affected cyclone intensity in our region.

While previous studies focus on ensemble mean variability due to sea surface temperature forcing, this study examines atmospheric internal variability that affects cyclone track distributions.

Not exact matches

The greening of Sahara strengthens the West African Monsoon, which triggers a change in the atmospheric circulation over the entire tropics, affecting tropical cyclone activity.

An increase in the width of the tropics could increase the area affected by tropical storms (hurricanes), or could change climatological tropical cyclone development regions and tracks.

Cyclone Monica, also designated Severe Tropical Cyclone Monica, was a tropical cyclone that affected northern Australia from April 17, 2006 until April 26, 2006.

The recent spate of destructive cyclones and the potential for longer - term changes have indeed created an environment of concern, both to the insurance industry and to the millions of people who have been directly affected («Who will underwrite the hurricane?»

Why It Matters: Tropical cyclones rank among the most destructive and deadliest natural hazards, affecting millions of people annually across the world.

In a time when we are also learning about harmful products, foods, and hazards affecting the environment, it is more important than ever to take the time to pause and reflect within the cyclone of change.

While some areas of the Great Barrier Reef have been affected by coral bleaching, or other natural events such as cyclones, others have not.

The entire Queensland coastline can be affected by cyclones (or hurricanes or typhoons) between November and April.

The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) issued an early warning of tropical cyclone that affected the wind direction and the direction of the volcanic ash.

The entire Queensland coastline can be affected by cyclones (or hurricanes) between November and April.

When you combine this with the North Pacific Anti cyclone which affects this region also, you will understand why the North West of Mexico can be somewhat desert like.

Measurements of nature that affect human comfort are filled with value judgements like this (e.g. tropical cyclone strength categories).

Mike's work, like that of previous award winners, is diverse, and includes pioneering and highly cited work in time series analysis (an elegant use of Thomson's multitaper spectral analysis approach to detect spatiotemporal oscillations in the climate record and methods for smoothing temporal data), decadal climate variability (the term «Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation» or «AMO» was coined by Mike in an interview with Science's Richard Kerr about a paper he had published with Tom Delworth of GFDL showing evidence in both climate model simulations and observational data for a 50 - 70 year oscillation in the climate system; significantly Mike also published work with Kerry Emanuel in 2006 showing that the AMO concept has been overstated as regards its role in 20th century tropical Atlantic SST changes, a finding recently reaffirmed by a study published in Nature), in showing how changes in radiative forcing from volcanoes can affect ENSO, in examining the role of solar variations in explaining the pattern of the Medieval Climate Anomaly and Little Ice Age, the relationship between the climate changes of past centuries and phenomena such as Atlantic tropical cyclones and global sea level, and even a bit of work in atmospheric chemistry (an analysis of beryllium - 7 measurements).

There is also the possibility of more complicated circulation interactions which might inhibit tropical cyclone formation [eg wind shear which, in the Atlantic, is affected by ENSO].

This is unrelated to the tropical cyclone discussion, but I thought it was related to the discussion of increases in the frequency and intensity of (and areas affected by) severe weather:

Anticipating that severe flooding may become more frequent due to global warming, a WHO report said that independent studies in cyclone - affected Orissa and a flooded town in England has shown that post-traumatic stress disorder syndromes of different severity in affected people even after a year.»

this is a terrible tragedy for those in burma whose lives have been destroyed or otherwise directly affected by the ravages of this powerful cyclone.

-- «But global warming very definitely DOES affect the temperature of the tropical free troposphere, so it is not possible to conclude, as alas many have, that increasing SST per se means increasing tropical cyclone intensity (though it usually does signify more TC - related rain).»

We know for sure that the number of Atlantic cyclones is affected by the presence El Ninos (the frequency is almost halved) and La Ninas (many hurricanes).

The largest cyclones are most affected by warmer conditions and we detect a statistically significant trend in the frequency of large surge events (roughly corresponding to tropical storm size) since 1923.

-LSB-... and Atlantic cyclone activity thereby decreased, on average, whilst intensity may or may not be affected at all?]

Further complicating the use of these proxies is the fact that the deviation in oxygen - 18 ratios is affected by the amount of TC rainfall, the distance from the center of the cyclone at which the rain was produced, and the intensity of the cyclone — so I doubt these proxies alone will enable disentangling intensity and rainfall, tnough a large number of samples over an area could reveal information about the track and extent of the TC event.

So this raises the question of how double systems like these affect conclusions about cyclone intensity and cyclone numbers.

To ease global food crisis, rice with submergence tolerance is needed: -2007 Bangladesh Tista / Jamuna Rivers flooded million hectares up to 3 weeks; cyclone Nargis flooded 1.75 M Irawaddy - grain supply affected by population growth, diversion of grain to biofuels and to livestock as more people eat meat - funding contraints on R&D - crippled developing world extension systems

Human settlements could also be affected by frequent floods, droughts and cyclones, the report said.

It is well known that ENSO strongly affects the interannual variability of tropical cyclones in the western North Pacific.

After the cyclone hit, most aid worker visas were delayed; safe passageway to affected areas was compromised; and the media was largely barred from freely reporting on the disaster.

In the event of increasing extreme events such as cyclones (hurricanes)(see Section 16.3.1.3) forest biodiversity could be severely affected, as adaptation responses on small islands are expected to be slow, and impacts of storms may be cumulative.

Hundreds of millions of people in urban areas across the world will be affected by rising sea levels, increased precipitation, inland floods, more frequent and stronger cyclones and storms, and periods of more extreme heat and cold.

Global warming affects all the parts of our incredibly complex climate system, so it's entirely possible that as the Earth (and the oceans) warm, some factors that help stunt cyclones» growth will increase, as well as ones that help feed them and make them grow.

Earlier today, I posted an article about how — and even if — global warming is currently affecting the formation, development, and strength of tropical cyclones (hurricanes and typhoons).

Moderate to strong correlation between CanSIPS mean storm track density and ERA - Interim track density are found across the primary storm track in the North Pacific and in the primary formation regions for Atlantic cyclones affecting North America (Gulf of Mexico and Cape Hatteras) Most CanSIPS bias in the North Pacific is centralized in the exit regions of the Pacific storm track, localized to Gulf of Alaska and coastal BC.

SANDY was a tropical cyclone that severely affected the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern US in late October.

A large cyclone in 1970 caused 500,000 deaths, but a similar cyclone in the same area in late 2007 (including a tsunami - like 2 - metre - high sea water intrusion) caused only 8000 deaths, though affecting the houses or livelihoods or 8 million people: most of the more exposed people received early warning, and took refuge in thousands of government - built cyclone shelters, chiefly schools and other public buildings, made of concrete and other hard materials, and built upon 12 - 15 feet high concrete pillars.

A storm surge, storm flood or storm tide is a coastal flood or tsunami - like phenomenon of rising water commonly associated with low pressure weather systems (such as tropical cyclones and strong extratropical cyclones), the severity of which is affected by the shallowness and orientation of the water body relative to storm path, as well as the timing of tides.

They also captured rapid changes in wind speed that occur around the eye of the cyclone, which did not appear to be affected by any data loss, like what can be caused by heavy precipitation in other satellite data.

Moreover, the relative impact of an extreme event such as a tropical cyclone that can affect most of a small island's territory has a disproportionate impact on that state's GDP, compared to a larger country where an individual event generally affects a small proportion of its total territory and its GDP.

This premise is supported by indications that the intensity of tropical cyclones is affected by anthropogenic climate change.

Emanuel, K., 2007: Environmental factors affecting tropical cyclone power dissipation.

A follow - up study will assess the impacts of climate change on explosive cyclones, and evaluate how model biases presented in this study affect the projections.

Extratropical explosive cyclones are rapidly intensifying low pressure systems with severe wind speeds and heavy precipitation, affecting livelihoods and infrastructure primarily in coastal and marine environments.

Tied for fourth lowest sea ice extent, in a three - way tie for lowest sea ice volume, the fastest one month sea ice loss for the date, and unusual Arctic cyclone activity affecting the decayed ice of the polar regions, focus just on the lake too trivializes what's happening in a region the size of the Arctic Ocean.

These risks are three-fold: the increased number of events like floods and cyclones; droughts in some parts of the country and in long - term effects of coastal erosion affecting a large portion of the population.

The dreadful Philippine cyclone, Durian, badly affected millions in 2006.

This new data collection tool will help both ocean and atmospheric scientists study exactly how cyclones and storms affect ocean processes.

He examined trends in tropical cyclones affecting Australia and published his results in the academic journal Environmental and Resource Economics.

Global warming «particularly affects formation of heat waves, droughts, intense precipitation events, and in the long run most probably also tropical cyclone intensity,» Munich Re said.