Distinct responses of tropical cyclone activity to spatio-uniform and nonuniform SST warming patterns
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15550871 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mingrui Xu (0009-0008-6082-1130, Fudan University), Ruifen Zhan (0000-0001-7209-0904, Fudan University, corresponding author), Jiuwei Zhao (0000-0001-9146-7500, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 064020-064020 |
| Publication date | 2024-05-09 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environmental Research Letters (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1748-9326 • E-ISSN: 1748-9326 |
| Publisher | IOP Publishing (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1088/1748-9326/ad4976 |
| OpenAlex | W4396764358 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 29 |
Most previous studies have reported a decrease in global tropical cyclone (TC) genesis frequency (TCGF) under anthropogenic warming. However, little attention has been drawn to the influence of sea surface temperature (SST) warming patterns on TCGF changes. Here, we investigate the impacts of three distinct SST warming patterns on global TCGF: uniform SST warming, nonuniform (El Niño-like) SST warming, and a combination of both. Results show that spatio-uniform SST warming has a limited impact on global TCGF, instead redistributing the TC genesis locations. Conversely, nonuniform SST warming significantly suppresses global TCGF. The combined warming produces a similar decrease in TCGF to nonuniform warming albeit with differences in spatial distribution. This indicates the dominant role of nonuniform SST warming in affecting TCGF and highlights the nonlinearity of the process. Further analysis shows that these differences in TCGF primarily stem from the distinct responses of tropical circulations to the three warming patterns
Atmospheric sciences · Climate change · Climatology · Cyclone (programming language · Geography · Global warming · Meteorology · Tropical cyclone · Climate variability and models · Computer Science · Environmental Science · Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations · Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research · Geology · Oceanography
Overview of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6) experimental design and organization
Global analyses of sea surface temperature, sea ice, and night marine air temperature since the late nineteenth century
Tropical Cyclones and Climate Change Assessment
Dynamic genesis potential index for diagnosing present-day and future global tropical cyclone genesis
Tropical cyclones and climate change
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |