Simulations of the Present and Late-Twenty-First-Century Western North Pacific Tropical Cyclone Activity Using a Regional Model

• Published in: Journal of climate Vol. 27; no. 9; pp. 3405 - 3424
• Main Authors: Wu, Liang, Chou, Chia, Chen, Cheng-Ta, Huang, Ronghui, Knutson, Thomas R., Sirutis, Joseph J., Garner, Stephen T., Kerr, Christopher, Lee, Chia-Jung, Feng, Ya-Chien
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA American Meteorological Society 01.05.2014
• Subjects: Atmospheric models; Climate change; Climate models; Climatology; Climatology. Bioclimatology. Climate change; Cyclones; Cyclonic activity; Earth, ocean, space; El Nino; Exact sciences and technology; External geophysics; General circulation models; Global climate models; Global warming; Hurricanes; Interannual variability; Intercomparison; Investigations; Marine; Meteorology; Modeling; Modelling; Monsoon trough; Monsoons; Observational studies; Precipitation; Simulation; Simulations; Storms; Storms, hurricanes, tornadoes, thunderstorms; Studies; Summer monsoon; Temporal variations; Tropical climates; Tropical cyclone activity; Tropical cyclones; Wind; Wind shear; Northwest Pacific; Pacific Ocean; North Pacific; Korea, Rep; ISEW, Taiwan; IN, North Pacific; China, People's Rep; INW, Japan; Multimodel; Coupled model; Century 21st; Atmosphere model; General circulation models; Regional scope; climate warming; Climate models; trajectory; Climate prediction; Cyclogenesis; Life cycle; Severe weather; Tropical cyclone; global change; climate change; high resolution

A high-resolution regional atmospheric model is used to simulate present-day western North Pacific (WNP) tropical cyclone (TC) activity and to investigate the projected changes for the late twenty-first century. Compared to observations, the model can realistically simulate many basic features of th...