Sentences with phrase «temperatures on hurricanes»

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«You can in fact reduce the upper ocean [temperature] by a degree Celsius, maybe 2, which would have a measurable effect on the intensity of the hurricane, but the practical concerns were hard to overcome.»

«It's giving unparalleled details about the hurricanes,» Tang says, including data on wind speeds and water temperatures delivered every minute that are then fed into models.

The future of the currents, whether slowing, stopping or reversing (as was observed during several months measurements), could have a profound effect on regional weather patterns — from colder winters in Europe to a much warmer Caribbean (and hence warmer sea surface temperatures to feed hurricanes).

But a reduction in the number and intensity of large hurricanes driving ocean waters on shore — such as this month's Hurricane Joaquin, seen, which reached category 4 strength — may also play a role by cooling sea - surface temperatures that fuel the growth of these monster storms, the team notes.

On the other hand, statistical analysis of the past century's hurricanes and computer modeling of a warmer climate, nudged along by greenhouse gases, does indicate that rising ocean temperatures could fuel hurricanes that are more intense.

Already he has shown, at least on the computer screen, that small changes in wind and air temperature — in fact, no more than 3 to 5 degrees — could have redirected hurricane Iniki away from landfall in 1992 and reduced the strength of hurricane Andrew that same year.

Several recent studies such as Emanuel (2005 — previously discussed here) and Hoyos et al (2006 — previously discussed here) have emphasized the role of increasing tropical sea surface temperatures (SSTs) on recent increases in hurricane intensities, both globally and for the Atlantic.

In an interview at The Times last week, Fox said his focus on human - driven climate change emerged as he grappled, after that small fracking success, with the unrelenting demand for fossil fuels and emerging impacts of warming temperatures, made emblematic by Hurricane Sandy in 2012.

With regard to Williams answer to Terry (# 34), I believe that Terry is correct that it is temperature differences that are fundamental, and not, for the most part, the temperature itself, as Emanuel has discussed in a series of important papers on the maximum intensity that hurricanes can attain.

There are some physics - based theories regarding the nature of climate change yes, but the ONLY way to test them is on the basis of the sort of evidence that climate scientists have been collecting for many years now, on, for example, global temperatures, ocean temperatures, sea level, frequency of drought, hurricanes, rainstorms, etc..

As far as hurricane issues, the consensus now is that hurricane intensification forecasts are best done on the basis of subsurface temperatures.

Furiously destructive Hurricanes are not the only indicator of AGW, in context of those Hurricanes cycles in the past, or rather in contrast with past high intensity hurricane seasons, we now experience all time high temperatures raging everywhere in the world, 1 meter a day rainfalls, severe droughts on 4 distinct continents, many glaciers going or gone everywhere, and a good chunk of the Arctic Ocean permanent ice melted.

It depends on the signal - to - noise ratio, so for global temperature in recent decades 20 years has been about enough, for CO2 concentration 4 years is more than enough while for hurricane frequency 50 years is probably too short.

I think the evidence is emerging that quite small changes in sea surface temperatures have huge effects on hurricanes and these events.

On the global warming context, it's worth noting that while sea surface temperatures are hot, a more important factor for hurricane intensification (among many) is «tropical cyclone heat potential» (which includes the temperature of deeper layers of seawater that get churned up as a tropical storm passes).

It is my understanding that the formation of hurricanes is largely dependent on the presence of a baseline minimum (absolute) temperature.

Re 28, Ben: In addition to the concerns you list, intense hurricanes normally cause some upwelling of deeper waters, and if they are slow - moving, thus somewhat dependent on the temperature of deeper waters.

How many records being broken on a daily basis, in temperature variation, increasing flooding, droughts, hurricanes, fires, etc....

The present steady rise in tropical temperatures due to global warming will have a major impact on global climate and could intensify destructive hurricanes like Katrina and Rita.

During the period 1992 - 2000, the average sea - surface temperature of the Indian Ocean increased by approximately 0.25 Celsius, this may be the cause of an increased monsoon strength here (or more hurricanes on other places)...

And, as increase in ocean temperature lags increase in atmospheric temp., even if no AGW signal is yet visible in the hurricane data, this may not mean very much in terms of the future impact of AGW on hurricane intensity.

Warmer water contributes to hurricanes, well and good, but I never see mentioned what the effects of the different air temperatures and humidity from global warming are expected to have on hurricanes.

Dr Gray's biggest problem is that he completely rejects AGW, in its place he relies on an ocean temperature cycle which guarranties a period of calm and furious hurricanes, of which we are right into the middle of an active period.

Trenberth told Discovery said: «The eastern tropical Atlantic Ocean, where disturbances from Africa are transformed into hurricanes, is experiencing record high temperatures, even higher than in 2005, and that was the most hurricane - ridden season on record.»

I've sent a query to some hurricane researchers to get a bit more on what, besides warm sea temperatures, makes conditions this ripe for powerful tropical storms.

Based on the results of the causality tests, the author concludes that it is global near - surface air temperature that influences sea surface temperature, and not the other way around — which supports the global warming - induced increase in hurricane intensity.

Thus, a decreasing pole - equator temperature gradient shouldn't have much effect on hurricanes.

There is virtually universal agreement that average hurricane intensity on Earth is a straightforward function of ocean - atmosphere temperatures; thus, rising SSTs will inevitably mean more intense hurricanes.

Considering that the mechanism of the «natural AMO» is so poorly understood, there's no justification for immediately blaming increases in hurricane activity on it while entirely ignoring global warming effects on sea surface temperatures (and atmospheric moisture), for which very clear mechanisms do exist.

But it does say; «Natural climate variations, which tend to involve localized changes in sea surface temperature, may have a larger effect on hurricane activity than the more uniform patterns of global warming...»

While the changes in both the mean and higher order statistical moments (e.g., variance) of time - series of climate variables affect the frequency of relatively simple extremes (e.g., extreme high daily or monthly temperatures, damaging winds), changes in the frequency of more complex extremes are based on changes in the occurrence of complex atmospheric phenomena (e.g., hurricanes, tornadoes, ice storms).

Don't even get me started on the futility of trying to predict actual climactic effects of increased temperatures (hurricanes, droughts, etc).

Such reports could be on topics like climate change's influence on hurricanes, the so - called «pause» in the increase of average global surface temperatures or the climate implications of natural gas.

From what I know, theoretically it should be possible, as the various climate geoengineering options proposed would have impacts precisely on the temperatures that drive hurricane intensity;

Students will analyze that data for evidential links, hypothesize about the possible effect on hurricanes of continual ocean temperature increases, and predict related implications for residents of coastal areas.

«It's important to recognize that [storm] damage is going to increase going forward, no matter what happens to sea - surface temperatures or hurricanes, as more people move to vulnerable locations on the coastline,» he said.

One of those mechanisms is hurricanes, which reduce local temperatures when they exceed certain general levels depending on other local conditions.

«There's certainly strong circumstantial evidence because we know that the strength of tropical cyclones, hurricanes, typhoons depends very much on sea surface temperatures.

Go ahead and show us on any of the following: Arctic Sea Ice Extent Antarctic Sea Ice Extent OHC Sea level Rise Rate Global Temperature Drought Incidence Hurricane Activity Tornado Activity Glacial Melting Like my mother use to tell me «Do something useful»

Elevated temperatures persisted for many weeks and helped fuel the most active Atlantic hurricane season on record [11] and the most severe and extensive mass coral bleaching event observed in the Caribbean.

Low - lying island states and other countries vulnerable to rising sea levels, floods and hurricanes have been putting pressure on developed countries to curb greenhouse gas emissions and keep the rise in temperatures to within a limit of 2C this century.

How hurricanes develop also depends on how the local atmosphere responds to changes in local sea surface temperatures, and this atmospheric response depends critically on the cause of the change.23, 24 For example, the atmosphere responds differently when local sea surface temperatures increase due to a local decrease of particulate pollution that allows more sunlight through to warm the ocean, versus when sea surface temperatures increase more uniformly around the world due to increased amounts of human - caused heat - trapping gases.25, 26,27,28

Added to this list can be perturbation scenarios that start with regional reanalysis (e.g. such as by arbitrarily adding a 1C increase in minimum temperature in the winter, a 10 day increase in the growing season, a doubling of major hurricane landfalls on the Florida coast, etc).

Polar bears, arctic summer sea ice, regional droughts and floods, coral bleaching, hurricanes, alpine glaciers, malaria, etc., all depend not on GATA but on a huge number of regional variables including temperature, humidity, cloud cover, precipitation, and direction and magnitude of wind and the state of the ocean.

«The authors write that «the El Niño - Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a naturally occurring fluctuation,» whereby «on a timescale of two to seven years, the eastern equatorial Pacific climate varies between anomalously cold (La Niña) and warm (El Niño) conditions,» and that «these swings in temperature are accompanied by changes in the structure of the subsurface ocean, variability in the strength of the equatorial easterly trade winds, shifts in the position of atmospheric convection, and global teleconnection patterns associated with these changes that lead to variations in rainfall and weather patterns in many parts of the world,» which end up affecting «ecosystems, agriculture, freshwater supplies, hurricanes and other severe weather events worldwide.»»

Temperature and Precipitation The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) HAMSR instrument flew above Hurricane Matthew on October 7, 2016, aboard a NASA Global Hawk aircraft.

(07/08/2013) Warmer ocean temperatures will increase the frequency and intensity of tropical cyclones, typhoons and hurricanes in «most locations» this century, concludes a new study based on simulations using six global climate models.

Global warming also increases both the risk and intensity of hurricanes — which are dependent on sea surface temperatures — and the hazards of flooding, because global warming is linked to sea level rise.

-- Muller believes humans are changing climate with CO2 emissions — humans have been responsible for «most» of a 0.4 C warming since 1957, almost none of the warming before then — IPCC is in trouble due to sloppy science, exaggerated predictions; chairman will have to resign — the «Climategate» mails were not «hacked» — they were «leaked» by an insider — due to «hide the decline» deception, Muller will not read any future papers by Michael Mann — there has been no increase in hurricanes or tornadoes due to global warming — automobiles are insignificant in overall picture — China is the major CO2 producer, considerably more than USA today — # 1 priority for China is growth of economy — global warming is not considered important — China CO2 efficiency (GDP per ton CO2) is around one - fourth of USA today, has much room for improvement — China growth will make per capita CO2 emissions at same level as USA today by year 2040 — if it is «not profitable» it is «not sustainable» — US energy future depends on shale gas for automobiles; hydrogen will not be a factor — nor will electric cars, due to high cost — Muller is upbeat on nuclear (this was recorded pre-Fukushima)-- there has been no warming in the USA — Muller was not convinced of Hansen's GISS temperature record; hopes BEST will provide a better record.

It is, as yet, unsettled how this region relates to the basin - wide warming that is the AMO and the associated impacts on Atlantic hurricanes, and temperature and precipitation patterns around the circum - North Atlantic.