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@article{Wang:2020:10.1029/2020gl088589,
author = {Wang, S and Rashid, T and Thorp, H and Toumi, R},
doi = {10.1029/2020gl088589},
journal = {Geophysical Research Letters},
pages = {28 Jul 2020--28 Jul 2020},
title = {A shortening of the life-cycle of major tropical cyclones},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2020gl088589},
volume = {47},
year = {2020}
}
TY - JOUR
AB - In this study a comprehensive picture of the changing intensity life cycle of major (Category 3 and higher) tropical cyclones (TCs) is presented. Over the past decades, the lifetime maximum intensity has increased, but there has also been a significant decrease in duration of time spent at intensities greater than Category 1. These compensating effects have maintained a stable global meanaccumulated cyclone energy of individual major TCs. The global mean duration of major TCs has shortened by about 1 day from 1982 to 2018. There has been both faster intensification (Categories 1 to 3) and weakening (Categories 3 to 1) by about 40%. The probabilities of rapid intensification and rapid weakening have both risen in the period 2000–2018 compared to 1982–1999. A statistically significant anticorrelation is found between the lifetime maximum intensity and the following duration of the final weakening. This suggests an element of selfregulation of TC life cycles.
AU - Wang,S
AU - Rashid,T
AU - Thorp,H
AU - Toumi,R
DO - 10.1029/2020gl088589
EP - 2020
PY - 2020///
SN - 0094-8276
SP - 28
TI - A shortening of the life-cycle of major tropical cyclones
T2 - Geophysical Research Letters
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2020gl088589
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/80993
VL - 47
ER -