Characteristics of tropical cyclones in high‐resolution models in the present climate

The global characteristics of tropical cyclones (TCs) simulated by several climate models are analyzed and compared with observations. The global climate models were forced by the same sea surface temperature (SST) fields in two types of experiments, using climatological SST and interannually varyin...

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Published in:Journal of advances in modeling earth systems 2014-12, Vol.6 (4), p.1154-1172
Main Authors: Shaevitz, Daniel A., Camargo, Suzana J., Sobel, Adam H., Jonas, Jeffrey A., Kim, Daehyun, Kumar, Arun, LaRow, Timothy E., Lim, Young‐Kwon, Murakami, Hiroyuki, Reed, Kevin A., Roberts, Malcolm J., Scoccimarro, Enrico, Vidale, Pier Luigi, Wang, Hui, Wehner, Michael F., Zhao, Ming, Henderson, Naomi
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Language:English
Subjects:
Climate
Climate models
Cyclones
Cyclonic activity
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Geographical distribution
GEOSCIENCES
Global climate
global climate models
Hurricanes
Modelling
Sea surface
Sea surface temperature
Surface temperature
Tropical climate
Tropical cyclone activity
Tropical cyclones
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Summary:The global characteristics of tropical cyclones (TCs) simulated by several climate models are analyzed and compared with observations. The global climate models were forced by the same sea surface temperature (SST) fields in two types of experiments, using climatological SST and interannually varying SST. TC tracks and intensities are derived from each model's output fields by the group who ran that model, using their own preferred tracking scheme; the study considers the combination of model and tracking scheme as a single modeling system, and compares the properties derived from the different systems. Overall, the observed geographic distribution of global TC frequency was reasonably well reproduced. As expected, with the exception of one model, intensities of the simulated TC were lower than in observations, to a degree that varies considerably across models. Key Points: Multimodel comparison of tropical cyclone activity in global climate models Geographic distribution of the TC activity is similar to observed Most models produce tropical cyclones weaker than observed
ISSN:1942-2466
1942-2466
DOI:10.1002/2014MS000372