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dc.contributor.authorStrazzo, Sarah
dc.contributor.authorElsner, James B.
dc.contributor.authorTrepanier, Jill C.
dc.contributor.authorEmanuel, Kerry Andrew
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-10T14:43:33Z
dc.date.available2014-03-10T14:43:33Z
dc.date.issued2013-07
dc.date.submitted2013-05
dc.identifier.issn19422466
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/85565
dc.description.abstractSynthetic hurricane track data generated from a downscaling approach are compared to best-track (observed) data to analyze differences in regional frequency, intensity, and sensitivity of limiting intensity to sea surface temperature (SST). Overall, the spatial distributions of observed and simulated hurricane counts match well, although there are relatively fewer synthetic storms in the eastern quarter of the basin. Additionally, regions of intense synthetic hurricanes tend to coincide with regions of intense observed hurricanes. The sensitivity of limiting hurricane intensity to SST computed from synthetic data is slightly lower than sensitivity computed from observed data (5.5 ± 1.31 m s[superscript −1] (standard error, SE) and 8.6 ± 1.57 m s[superscript −1] (SE), respectively); however, the synthetic data produce sensitivity values that are much closer to the observed values than those obtained from two global climate models (GCMs) in a previous study. Despite a close match in the magnitude of basin wide sensitivities, the spatial variability of sensitivities do not match. These values tend to be highest in the western portion of the basin for the observed data, while the opposite is true for the synthetic data.en_US
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherAmerican Geophysical Union (AGU)en_US
dc.relation.isversionofhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jame.20036en_US
dc.rightsArticle is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use.en_US
dc.sourceMIT web domainen_US
dc.titleFrequency, intensity, and sensitivity to sea surface temperature of North Atlantic tropical cyclones in best-track and simulated dataen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.citationStrazzo, Sarah, James B. Elsner, Jill C. Trepanier, and Kerry A. Emanuel. “Frequency, Intensity, and Sensitivity to Sea Surface Temperature of North Atlantic Tropical Cyclones in Best-Track and Simulated Data.” J. Adv. Model. Earth Syst. 5, no. 3 (July 2013): 500–509. Copyright © 2013 American Geophysical Unionen_US
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciencesen_US
dc.contributor.mitauthorEmanuel, Kerry Andrewen_US
dc.relation.journalJournal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systemsen_US
dc.eprint.versionFinal published versionen_US
dc.type.urihttp://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticleen_US
eprint.statushttp://purl.org/eprint/status/PeerRevieweden_US
dspace.orderedauthorsStrazzo, Sarah; Elsner, James B.; Trepanier, Jill C.; Emanuel, Kerry A.en_US
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2066-2082
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