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Influence of local and remote SST on North Atlantic tropical cyclone potential intensity

Influence of local and remote SST on North Atlantic tropical cyclone potential intensity. Suzana J. Camargo, Mingfang Ting and Yochanan Kushnir LDEO, Columbia University. GloDecH Meeting, OCP, LDEO, December 14, 2011. Atlantic PDI (power dissipation index ~ V 3 max ) and tropical SST.

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Influence of local and remote SST on North Atlantic tropical cyclone potential intensity

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  1. Influence of local and remote SST on North Atlantic tropical cyclone potential intensity Suzana J. Camargo, Mingfang Ting and YochananKushnir LDEO, Columbia University GloDecH Meeting, OCP, LDEO, December 14, 2011.

  2. Atlantic PDI (power dissipation index ~V3max) and tropical SST Emanuel, 2005

  3. 20th century North Atlantic SST and Potential Intensity (PI)

  4. PDI and SST PDI and relative SST Vecchi and Soden 2007

  5. Atlantic Hurricanes trends: dependency on tracks Kossin and Camargo, Climatic Change (2009)

  6. Objective: • Contributions of natural variability and anthropogenic trend to North Atlantic potential intensity • CCM3 simulations • GOGA: global SST • TAGA: tropical Atlantic SST • POGA (not shown) • 16 ensemble members, 1856-2006 • Idealized simulations: • Warm Atlantic, Cold Atlantic • Warm Tropical Atlantic, Cold Tropical Atlantic

  7. PI GOGA & Reanalysis IClimatological Annual Maximum

  8. PI GOGA and Reanalysis IIJJASON – Atlantic Hurricane season

  9. PI Anomaly GOGA and Reanalysis Atlantic Main Development Region (MDR)

  10. PI GOGA & TAGA

  11. PI GOGA & TAGA II

  12. Climate Change and Internal Variability (AMO) indices Ting et al. 2009

  13. Regression Patterns: PI and AMO & CC indices CC

  14. Regression time-series:

  15. Role of extra-tropics: Idealized SST patterns

  16. Summary • Remote SST reduces trend of North Atlantic PI (confirming Vecchi and Soden 2007). • Remote SST also slightly reduces AMO effect on PI in the North Atlantic. • Differences of PI for GOGA and TAGA related to the AMO not due to Pacific (POGA) or Atlantic extra-tropical SST: causes are not clear. • Late 20th century PDI upward trend (Emanuel 2005) probably not dominated by climate change, but internal variability (AMO) as hinted in DelSole et al. 2010. • Next step analysis of PI in the 21st century in the CMIP5 simulations.

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