Uncertainties and Limitations in Simulating Tropical Cyclones

• Main Author: Suzuki-Parker, Asuka (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Meteorology.; Atmospheric sciences.; Computer simulation.; Earth Sciences.; Atmospheric Sciences.; Simulation and Modeling.

This theses is presented in two parts: development and testing of a new approach to detecting and tracking tropical cyclones in climate models; and application of an extreme value statistical approach to enable assessment of changes in weather extremes from climate models. The tracking algorithm app...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Tropical cyclone detection and tracking method
• Simulated tropical cyclone climatology in the tropical channel experiment
• North Atlantic hurricane climate change experiment
• Statistical modeling of tropical cyclone intensity
• Concluding remarks.