Dominant Role of the Ocean Mixed Layer Depth in the Increased Proportion of Intense Typhoons During 1980–2015

• Published in: Earth's future Vol. 6; no. 11; pp. 1518 - 1527
• Main Authors: Wu, Liguang, Wang, Ruifang, Feng, Xiaofang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bognor Regis John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.11.2018
• Subjects: Atmosphere; Atmospheric models; Basins; Climate effects; Climate models; Cyclones; Environmental parameters; Global warming; intensity model; Mixed layer depth; Ocean mixed layer; Oceans; Outflow; Parameters; Projection; proportion of intense typhoons; Sea surface temperature; Spatial distribution; Studies; Surface temperature; Temperature effects; Temporal variations; Tropical cyclone intensities; Tropical cyclones; typhoon; Typhoons; Vertical wind shear; Water outflow; Wind shear

Over the past decade extensive studies have been undertaken to understand the increasing trend in the proportion of intense tropical cyclones (categories 4 and 5 on the Saffir‐Simpson scale). The trend has been found globally and in some individual basins since the late 1970s. This study quantifies...