• It is very likely that the human - induced increase in greenhouse gases has contributed to the increase in sea surface temperatures in
the hurricane formation regions.
Not exact matches
As I summarize in the book: «global warming, which ought to intensify the average
hurricane, could also change the
regions of storm
formation or the numbers of storms that form in the first place.
Tropical Atlantic (10 ° N — 20 ° N) sea surface temperature annual anomalies (°C) in the
region of Atlantic
hurricane formation, relative to the 1961 to 1990 mean.
A key factor in the
formation of a tropical cyclone - a low - pressure
region that can turn into a
hurricane - is sea - surface temperature, which has to be above about 27 degrees Celsius.
The Lesser Antilles intersect the «main development
region» for Atlantic
hurricane formation, making storm data there «our best source for historical variability of tropical cyclones in the tropical Atlantic in the past three centuries,» the researchers explain.