Tropical Cyclone Frequency

• Published in: Earth's future Vol. 9; no. 12
• Main Authors: Sobel, Adam H., Wing, Allison A., Camargo, Suzana J., Patricola, Christina M., Vecchi, Gabriel A., Lee, Chia‐Ying, Tippett, Michael K.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bognor Regis John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.12.2021; American Geophysical Union (AGU); Wiley
• Subjects: Basins; Climate change; Cyclones; Environmental factors; ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; extreme weather; Global warming; Hurricanes; Mathematical models; Numerical models; Seeds; Storms; Time series; Trends; Tropical cyclone frequencies; tropical cyclone frequency; Tropical cyclones; Weather forecasting

The frequency with which tropical cyclones (TCs) occur controls all other aspects of tropical cyclone risk since a storm that does not occur can do no harm. Yet this frequency is poorly understood. There is no accepted theory that explains the average number of TCs that occur each year on the Earth,...