Impacts of Climate Change on Tropical Cyclones in the Western North Pacific Basin. Part I: Past Observations

ABSTRACT: This paper reviews the current state of the science on the relationship between climate change and historical tropical cyclone (TC) activity in the western North Pacific (WNP) basin, which is the region of the ESCAP/ WMO Typhoon Committee members. Existing studies of observed changes of TC...

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Main Authors: Tsz-Cheung Lee, Thomas R. Knutson, Hirotaka Kamahori, Ming Ying
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2012-05-01
Series:Tropical Cyclone Research and Review
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S222560321830033X