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Future increase of supertyphoon intensity associated with climate change
Author(s) -
Tsuboki Kazuhisa,
Yoshioka Mayumi K.,
Shinoda Taro,
Kato Masaya,
Kanada Sachie,
Kitoh Akio
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1002/2014gl061793
Subject(s) - typhoon , tropical cyclone , climatology , environmental science , intensity (physics) , global warming , atmospheric sciences , climate change , meteorology , climate model , wind speed , geology , geography , oceanography , physics , quantum mechanics
Abstract Increases of tropical cyclone intensity with global warming have been demonstrated by historical data studies and theory. This raises great concern regarding future changes in typhoon intensity. The present study addressed the problem to what extent supertyphoons will become intense in the global warming climate of the late 21st century. Very high resolution downscale experiments using a cloud‐resolving model without convective parameterizations were performed for the 30 most intense typhoons obtained from the 20 km mesh global simulation of a warmer climate. Twelve supertyphoons occurred in the downscale experiments, and the most intense supertyphoon attained a central pressure of 857 hPa and a wind speed of 88 m s −1 . The maximum intensity of the supertyphoon was little affected by uncertainties that arise from experimental settings. This study indicates that the most intense future supertyphoon could attain wind speeds of 85–90 m s −1 and minimum central pressures of 860 hPa.