Sentences with phrase «frequency of these major storms»

«As the variability and intensity of storms increase in the world, we need to reevaluate what the frequency of these major storms could be,» Feinberg said.

Climate change may cause significant shifts in current weather patterns and increase the severity and possibly the frequency of major storms (NRC 2002).

Not exact matches

Stronger Storms — Much of the country will experience severe thunderstorms, but major eastern and southeastern cities are likely to see the largest jumps in storm frequency, according to Purdue's Trapp — a finding buttressed by a NASA study earlier this year.

In light of these recent papers I would change the language to state «the evidence does not consistently support an increase in the frequency or intensity of major storms».

-- Increases in intensity and frequency of heat waves and extreme precipitation events (a category in which it includes droughts, floods, hurricanes and major storms)

Whatever the political solution, accurate risk assessments require hydrologists and climate scientists to determine the frequency of major flood producing storms over hundreds of years.

Frequency of virtually every major storm type from tornado to sandstorm has been dropping for some time.

The IPCC notes in its most recent scientific assessment that there are «[n] o robust trends in annual numbers of tropical storms, hurricanes and major hurricanes counts have been identified over the past 100 years in the North Atlantic basin,» and that there are «no significant observed trends in global tropical cyclone frequency.»

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reported in its most recent scientific assessment that «[n] o robust trends in annual numbers of tropical storms, hurricanes, and major hurricanes... have been identified over the past 100 years in the North Atlantic basin,» and that there are «no significant observed trends in global tropical cyclone frequency.»