A statistical examination of the effects of stratospheric sulfate geoengineering on tropical storm genesis

Wang, Qin; Moore, John C.; Ji, Duoying

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-9173-2018

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02 Jul 2018

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A statistical examination of the effects of stratospheric sulfate geoengineering on tropical storm genesis

Qin Wang, John C. Moore, and Duoying Ji

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ESGF Node at DKRZ DKRZ https://esgf-data.dkrz.de/search/esgf-dkrz/

BNU-ESM CMIP5 data BNU http://esg.bnu.edu.cn/BNU_ESM_webs/htmls/data_acc.html

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(1) Genesis potential and ventilation indices are assessed in 6 ESMs running RCP4.5 and G4, in 6 tropical cyclone genesis basins. (2) Genesis potential is reasonably well parameterized by simple surface temperature, but other factors are important in different basins and models such as relative humidity and wind shear. (3) The Northern Hemisphere basins behave rather differently from the southern ones, and these dominate TC statistics. G4 leads to significantly fewer TCs globally than RCP4.5.