The response of tropical cyclone intensity to changes in environmental temperature

Done, James M.; Lackmann, Gary M.; Prein, Andreas F.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-3-693-2022

Articles | Volume 3, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-3-693-2022

© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-3-693-2022

© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 3, issue 2

Research article

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01 Jul 2022

Research article |

| 01 Jul 2022

The response of tropical cyclone intensity to changes in environmental temperature

James M. Done, Gary M. Lackmann, and Andreas F. Prein

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Final revised paper (published on 01 Jul 2022)
Preprint (discussion started on 04 Jan 2022)

Interactive discussion

Status: closed

RC1:
'Review of wcd-2021-83', Anonymous Referee #1, 03 Feb 2022

The comment was uploaded in the form of a supplement: https://wcd.copernicus.org/preprints/wcd-2021-83/wcd-2021-83-RC1-supplement.pdf

Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-2021-83-RC1
- AC1: 'Reply on RC1', James Done, 31 Mar 2022
  
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  Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-2021-83-AC1
RC2:
'Comment on wcd-2021-83', Raphael Rousseau-Rizzi, 09 Mar 2022

The comment was uploaded in the form of a supplement: https://wcd.copernicus.org/preprints/wcd-2021-83/wcd-2021-83-RC2-supplement.pdf

Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-2021-83-RC2
- AC2: 'Reply on RC2', James Done, 31 Mar 2022
  
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  Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-2021-83-AC2

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision | EF: Editorial file upload

AR by James Done on behalf of the Authors (17 May 2022) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (20 May 2022) by Nili Harnik

RR by Raphael Rousseau-Rizzi (03 Jun 2022)

ED: Publish as is (07 Jun 2022) by Nili Harnik

AR by James Done on behalf of the Authors (09 Jun 2022) Manuscript

Short summary

We know that warm oceans generally favour tropical cyclones (TCs). Less is known about the role of air temperature above the oceans extending into the lower stratosphere. Our global analysis of historical records and computer simulations suggests that TCs strengthen in response to historical temperature change while also being influenced by other environmental factors. Ocean warming drives much of the strengthening, with relatively small contributions from temperature changes aloft.