Global warming has a bigger effect on compact, fast-moving typhoons

2024-01-29

A group from Nagoya University in Japan has found that larger, slower-moving typhoons are more likely to be resilient against global warming. However, compact, faster-moving storms are more likely to be sensitive. These findings suggest an improved method to project the strength of typhoons under global warming conditions. Their report was published in Geophysical Research Letters.

Article information
Title：Buffering Effect of Atmosphere–Ocean Coupling on Intensity Changes of Tropical Cyclones Under a Changing Climate
Journal: Geophysical Research Letters
Authors：Sachie Kanada, and Hidenori Aiki
Article Publication Date: December 29, 2023
URL: https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL105659

The computation was carried out on the supercomputer “Flow” at Information Technology Center, Nagoya University. This work was partially supported by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science KAKENHI Grants 20H05166 and 19H05696.

Press release by Nagoya University
https://www.nagoya-u.ac.jp/researchinfo/result-en/2024/01/20240129-01.html