Idea 1: Name that Hurricane!

This topic submitted by Adriann ( stuckeae@muohio.edu ) on 2/16/00 .

I want to look at the fluctuations in intensity and frequency of Hurricanes and compare that to data like CO2 levels, surface temps, etc.

I am expecting this to be a high-resolution comparison, only looking back through the last few hundred years or so, more if possible.

I expect to find correlations between surface temp and both hurricane frequency and intensity. It would also make sense to find a correlation between CO2 levels and hurricanes although I expect it to be much less prominent.

I have found a few sources already including...
Knutson, T. R. & Tuleya, R. E. Increased hurricane intensities with CO2 induced warming as simulated using the GFDL hurricane prediction system. Climate Dynamics (1999) 15:503-519
-------- Simulated increase of hurricane intensities in a CO2 warmed climate. Science (1998) Vol 279. February 13, 1998.
Fu, C., Diaz, H. F., Dong, D., and Fletcher, J. O. Changes in atmospheric circulation over northern hemisphere oceans associated with the rapid warming of the 1920s. Internationsl Journal of Climatology 19:581-606. 1999.
Walsh, K. and Pittock, A. B. Potential changes in tropical storms, hurricanes, and extreme rainfall events as a result of climate change. Climate Change 39: 199-213, 1998.
Landsea, C. W., Pielke, R. A., Mestas-Nunez, A. M., and Knaff, J. A. Atlantic Basin hurricanes: Indicies of Climatic changes. Climate Change 42: 89-129, 1999.

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