Sentences with phrase «hurricane trends»

The same issue has played out in discussions of hurricane trends in a warming world.

Accordingly, other scientists questioned the ability to detect strong hurricane trends.

[UPDATE 2/23: I just Tweeted on an important update on experts» views on hurricane trends, or the lack thereof.]

[ANDY REVKIN notes: One reason for the statistical gridlock is the murkiness of the data on the things that matter most (hurricane trends over the past century, for instance).

Saunders says hurricane trends are difficult to study because the number of hurricanes naturally rises and falls over decades.

In this article, I will review our current understanding of Atlantic TC and hurricane trends with respect to: A) the historical record of basin - wide TC numbers; B) the historical record of hurricanes and TC intensity; C) distant past proxy estimates of TC (primarily, hurricane only) counts; and D) distant past proxy measures of TC / hurricane intensity.

Postscript: Roger Pielke, Jr., of the University of Colorado, whose expertise is in disaster trends and climate, credited the Dutch critique over all, although he said there is an error in its interpretations of hurricane trends.