Society would benefit if risks associated with ETCs and
storm activity variability could be reliably predicted for the upcoming season.
Not exact matches
«Regional changes are mostly due to natural
variability but on top of that we see this pronounced overall weakening in summer
storm activity,» says co-author Dim Coumou, «This is also something projected by climate models under future emission scenarios.
In the Western Mediterranean, where human societies colonized and occupied the coastal areas since the Ancient times, the
variability of
storm activity for the past three millennia was investigated with a multi-proxy sedimentological and geochemical study from a lagoonal sequence.
Arctic
storm trends, from Zhang et al (2004), «Climatology and Interannual
Variability of Arctic Cyclone
Activity: 1948 — 2002»
These changes combined with higher sea levels and associated
storm surges, more intense droughts, and increased precipitation
variability are projected to lead to increased stresses to water, agriculture, economic
activities and urban and rural settlements (high confidence).
However, to gain insight on the influence of climate change on Atlantic tropical
storm and hurricane frequency, we must focus on longer (> 100 yr) records of Atlantic hurricane
activity since very strong year - to - year and decade - to - decade
variability appears in records of Atlantic tropical cyclones.