Sentences with phrase «primarily hurricane intensities»

Gore indicated that it is primarily Hurricane intensities which scientists largely agree should be expected to increase in association with warming surface temperatures, and specifically notes that

Not exact matches

While tropical hurricane intensity is primarily driven by latent heat from warm sea surface temperatures, an extra-tropical storm is primarily driven by baroclinic processes (differences in the pressure gradient) such as the gradient due to the contrast between the warm Gulf Stream and cold continental air mass.

Ideally, the authors of the Bam report are most suited to do this, as central to the critique is that of «data selectivity» that might affect preconceived opinions.This BAM report primarily addressed hurricane intensity and it's possible relationship with global warming.

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.