AER scientists have developed techniques to process an ensemble of over fifty
tropical cyclone track forecasts from all leading US and international hurricane modeling centers.
There is clearly a good deal of variation in the inherent predictability of
tropical cyclone track from one case to another.
To attack this information gap, the research team analyzed 30 years of
tropical cyclone track data obtained from the U.S. Navy's Joint Typhoon Warning Center.
They then compared the results from their new formula to actual cyclone intensification data at each location along
tropical cyclone tracks in the Atlantic, Eastern Pacific, and Northwest Pacific for the 10 - year period 2004 through 2013.
Changes in
tropical cyclone tracks are closely associated with ENSO and other local climate conditions.
Lim, C.M. Patricola, M. Roberts, E. Scoccimarro, D. Shaevitz, P.L. Vidale, H. Wang, M. Wehner, and M. Zhao, 2015: Cluster analysis of downscaled and explicitly simulated North Atlantic
tropical cyclone tracks.
Lim, C.M. Patricola, M. Roberts, E. Scoccimarro, D. Shaevitz, P.L. Vidale, H. Wang, M. Wehner, M. Zhao, Cluster analysis of downscaled and explicitly simulated North Atlantic
tropical cyclone tracks.
The scientists also describe a shift in
tropical cyclone tracks towards the tropics» outer edges, although it is unclear whether the shift is a response to warming.
Murakami, H., and B. Wang, 2010: Future change of North Atlantic
tropical cyclone tracks: Projection by a 20 - km - mesh global atmospheric model.
Examples include the forecasting of
tropical cyclone tracks, heavy rainfall, strong winds, and flood prediction through coupling hydrological models to ensembles.
As atmospheric circulation changes,
tropical cyclone tracks are bound to change (and models show this), but we have low confidence now in predicting just how they might change.
Not exact matches
A backup will be deployed but it remains to be seen whether the U.S. government agency will be able to adequately
track the big
tropical cyclones
An increase in the width of the tropics could increase the area affected by
tropical storms (hurricanes), or could change climatological
tropical cyclone development regions and
tracks.
With the improvements in forecast, 24 - hour
track and intensity forecast error of the
tropical cyclones reduced from 141 km to 97 km and «landfall error» from 99 km to 56 km during 2006 to 2015.
This leaves
tropical cyclone forecasters, who are ultimately responsible for recording TC
tracks and intensities (i.e. maximum wind speeds), with a challenging problem.
Maps of
tropical cyclone storm
tracks since 1906 for the Southern Hemisphere are available here, which is access via the «climate data online» lank at the top - right of that first link.
The U.S. Climate Extremes Index (USCEI), an index that
tracks the highest and lowest 10 percent of extremes in temperature, precipitation, drought and
tropical cyclones across the contiguous U.S., was a record - large 44 percent during the January - June period, over twice the average value.
Answers vary, but previous research has pointed the finger at changing storm
tracks, particularly for
tropical cyclones such as hurricanes and typhoons.
In particular, the
track forecasts of
tropical cyclones were improved, which has been confirmed by
tropical cyclone centres.
[24] For hurricane evacuation studies, a family of storms with representative
tracks for the region, and varying intensity, eye diameter, and speed, are modeled to produce worst - case water heights for any
tropical cyclone occurrence.
Tracks of past tropical cyclones Investigate the tracks of historical tropical cyclones across the Southern Hemis
Tracks of past
tropical cyclones Investigate the
tracks of historical tropical cyclones across the Southern Hemis
tracks of historical
tropical cyclones across the Southern Hemisphere.
[22] SLOSH inputs include the central pressure of a
tropical cyclone, storm size, the
cyclone's forward motion, its
track, and maximum sustained winds.
The researchers compared the GNSS - R satellite measurements with data from other sources, including
tropical cyclone best
track data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Centers for Environmental Information; two climate reanalysis products; and a spaceborne scatterometer, a tool that uses microwave radar to measure winds near the surface of the ocean.
Uses the International Best
Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS, version v03r03) analysis during satellite era (1986 — 2010) and determines the trends of intensification of
tropical cyclones (TC) over all the global basins, except the North Indian Ocean
Together, the lightning and microwave data can
track a range of parameters, including intensity changes in
tropical cyclones; past research has shown that intensity changes are related to the density of lightning strokes [e.g., Solorzano et al., 2008; DeMaria et al., 2012].
Torn, R. D., and C. Snyder, 2012: Uncertainty of
tropical cyclone best -
track information.
It is these circulation features, which as you know, determine locations of drought, floods,
tracks of
tropical cyclones, etc..
Variations in
tropical cyclones, hurricanes and typhoons are dominated by ENSO and decadal variability, which result in a redistribution of
tropical storm numbers and their
tracks, so that increases in one basin are often compensated by decreases over other oceans.
On the NHC site, you can also
track current
tropical weather outlook and any
tropical storms or
cyclones that may be developing: