Nature Communications (Feb 2016)

Rapid intensification and the bimodal distribution of tropical cyclone intensity

  • Chia-Ying Lee,
  • Michael K. Tippett,
  • Adam H. Sobel,
  • Suzana J. Camargo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10625
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 5

Abstract

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Tropical cyclones rarely achieve high intensities gradually. Here, the authors show that rapid intensification is relevant not only to short-term weather forecasting, but also to the relationship between tropical cyclones and climate.