Environments conductive to tropical transitions in the North Atlantic: Anthropogenic climate change influence study

Tropical cyclones can have different precursors, but most of them affecting Europe have a tropical transition origin and develop in autumn. This research focuses on analyzing changes on favorable environments for tropical transition development in the North Atlantic (NATL) basin for this season unde...

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Autores: Montoro Mendoza, Ana, Calvo Sancho, Carlos, González Alemán, Juan Jesús, Díaz-Fernández, Javier, Bolgiani, Pedro, Sastre, Mariano, Moreno Chamarro, Eduardo|||0000-0002-7931-5149, Martín, María Luisa
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/413830
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/413830
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2024.107609
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Climate science
Climatology--Computer programs.
Tropical cyclone
Tropical transition
Environment tropicalization
Anthropogenic climate change
North Atlantic Oscillation Surface
Western Europe
Simulació per ordinador
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria agroalimentària::Ciències de la terra i de la vida::Climatologia i meteorologia
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Sumario:Tropical cyclones can have different precursors, but most of them affecting Europe have a tropical transition origin and develop in autumn. This research focuses on analyzing changes on favorable environments for tropical transition development in the North Atlantic (NATL) basin for this season under the Anthropogenic Climate Change (ACC) effect. Comparisons between the climatology of some relevant variables related to tropical cyclogenesis have been computed for different periods, considering the ACC effect. For this purpose, the SSP5–8.5 scenario from an adapted version of the EC-Earth3 climatic model has been used. The combination of the obtained results is indicative of a NATL environment tropicalization in response to ACC, weightier for the end of the XXI century. Therefore, the NATL environment will be more prone to tropical transition development in the future, which is of particular concern since tropical cyclones are notorious for their lethality and economic impact worldwide.