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| Title |
Recent decrease in typhoon destructive potential and global warming implications
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| Published in |
Nature Communications, May 2015
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| DOI | 10.1038/ncomms8182 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
I-I Lin, Johnny C.L. Chan |
| Abstract |
Typhoons (tropical cyclones) severely impact the half-billion population of the Asian Pacific. Intriguingly, during the recent decade, typhoon destructive potential (Power Dissipation Index, PDI) has decreased considerably (by ∼35%). This decrease, paradoxically, has occurred despite the increase in typhoon intensity and ocean warming. Using the method proposed by Emanuel (in 2007), we show that the stronger negative contributions from typhoon frequency and duration, decrease to cancel the positive contribution from the increasing intensity, controlling the PDI. Examining the typhoons' environmental conditions, we find that although the ocean condition became more favourable (warming) in the recent decade, the atmospheric condition 'worsened' at the same time. The 'worsened' atmospheric condition appears to effectively overpower the 'better' ocean conditions to suppress PDI. This stronger negative contribution from reduced typhoon frequency over the increased intensity is also present under the global warming scenario, based on analysis of the simulated typhoon data from high-resolution modelling. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 16 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 19% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 13% |
| Italy | 1 | 6% |
| Unknown | 10 | 63% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 14 | 88% |
| Scientists | 1 | 6% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 6% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 106 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Austria | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Jamaica | 1 | <1% |
| Taiwan | 1 | <1% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Kiribati | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 99 | 93% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 19 | 18% |
| Researcher | 19 | 18% |
| Student > Bachelor | 16 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 9 | 8% |
| Professor | 5 | 5% |
| Other | 11 | 10% |
| Unknown | 27 | 25% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 43 | 41% |
| Environmental Science | 16 | 15% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 3% |
| Physics and Astronomy | 3 | 3% |
| Mathematics | 2 | 2% |
| Other | 9 | 8% |
| Unknown | 30 | 28% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 11. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 27 October 2023.
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