Effects of climate change on the movement of future landfalling Texas tropical cyclones

Pedram Hassanzadeh; Chia-Ying Lee; Ebrahim Nabizadeh; Suzana J. Camargo; Ding Ma; Laurence Y. Yeung

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-17130-7

Nature Communications (Jul 2020)

Effects of climate change on the movement of future landfalling Texas tropical cyclones

Pedram Hassanzadeh,
Chia-Ying Lee,
Ebrahim Nabizadeh,
Suzana J. Camargo,
Ding Ma,
Laurence Y. Yeung

Affiliations

Pedram Hassanzadeh: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Rice University
Chia-Ying Lee: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University
Ebrahim Nabizadeh: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Rice University
Suzana J. Camargo: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University
Ding Ma: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University
Laurence Y. Yeung: Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Rice University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17130-7
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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How climate change affects the translation speed of tropical cyclones has been the subject of intensive debate. Here, the authors use models to show that future regional changes in the steering winds lead to faster-moving tropical cyclones as they make landfall in Texas.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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