Reanalysis of climate influences on Atlantic tropical cyclone activity using cluster analysis
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Auteurs/contributeurs
- Boudreault, Mathieu (Auteur)
- Caron, Louis‐Philippe (Auteur)
- Camargo, Suzana J. (Auteur)
Titre
Reanalysis of climate influences on Atlantic tropical cyclone activity using cluster analysis
Résumé
Abstract
We analyze, using Poisson regressions, the main climate influences on North Atlantic tropical cyclone activity. The analysis is performed using not only various time series of basin‐wide storm counts but also various series of regional clusters, taking into account shortcomings of the hurricane database through estimates of missing storms. The analysis confirms that tropical cyclones forming in different regions of the Atlantic are susceptible to different climate influences. We also investigate the presence of trends in these various time series, both at the basin‐wide and cluster levels, and show that, even after accounting for possible missing storms, there remains an upward trend in the eastern part of the basin and a downward trend in the western part. Using model selection algorithms, we show that the best model of Atlantic tropical cyclone activity for the recent past is constructed using Atlantic sea surface temperature and upper tropospheric temperature, while for the 1878–2015 period, the chosen covariates are Atlantic sea surface temperature and El Niño–Southern Oscillation. We also note that the presence of these artificial trends can impact the selection of the best covariates. If the underlying series shows an upward trend, then the mean Atlantic sea surface temperature captures both interannual variability and the upward trend, artificial or not. The relative sea surface temperature is chosen instead for stationary counts. Finally, we show that the predictive capability of the statistical models investigated is low for U.S. landfalling hurricanes but can be considerably improved when forecasting combinations of clusters whose hurricanes are most likely to make landfall.
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Key Points
Estimates of missing storms are not sufficient to account for the increase in hurricane activity in the eastern tropical Atlantic
Recent upward trends, artificial or not, affect the selection of key determinants of tropical cyclone activity, especially the SST variable
Despite previous results to that effect, the May–June NAO does not provide predictive skill for Atlantic landfalling hurricanes
Publication
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
Volume
122
Numéro
8
Pages
4258-4280
Date
2017-04-27
Abrév. de revue
JGR Atmospheres
Langue
en
ISSN
2169-897X, 2169-8996
Consulté le
23/10/2024 18:31
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Référence
Boudreault, M., Caron, L., & Camargo, S. J. (2017). Reanalysis of climate influences on Atlantic tropical cyclone activity using cluster analysis. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 122(8), 4258–4280. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016JD026103
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