Variations in the diurnal character of tropical cyclone wind speeds

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Cerveny, Randall S ^a   Balling Jr , Robert C ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOPHYSICS; SPEED; STORMS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; WIND EFFECTS;

ANTHROPOGENIC; ATLANTIC SEABOARD; DIURNAL TEMPERATURE RANGE (DTR); WIND SPEED;

TROPICS;

CYCLONE; DIURNAL VARIATION; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 20044390413     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021177     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Balling, R. C., Jr., and R. S. Cerveny (2003), Vertical dimensions of seasonal trends in the diurnal temperature range across the central United States, Geophys. Res. Lett., 30(17), 1878, doi:10.1029/ 2003GL017776.
2. Balling, R. C., Jr., and R. S. Cerveny (2005), Analysis of tropical cyclone intensification trends and variability in the North Atlantic Basin over the period 1970-2001, Meteorol. Atmos. Phys., in press.
3. Balling, R. C., Jr., and J. R. Christy (1996), Analysis of satellite-based estimates of tropospheric diurnal temperature range, J. Geophys. Res., 101, 12,827-12,832.
4. Balling, R. C., Jr., and S. B. Idso (1989), Historical temperature trends in the United States and the effect of urban population growth, J. Geophys. Res., 94, 3359-3363.
5. Browner, S. P., W. L. Woodley, and C. G. Griffith (1977), Diurnal oscillation of area of cloudiness associated with tropical storms, Mon. Weather Rev., 105, 856-864.
6. 2 climate, J. Clim., 5, 920-943.
7. Cerveny, R. S., and R. C. Balling Jr. (1998), Weekly cycles of air pollutants, precipitation and tropical cyclones in the coastal N. W. Atlantic region, Nature, 394(6693), 561-563.
8. Cubusch, U., J. Waszkewitz, G. Hegerl, and J. Perlwitz (1995), Regional climate changes as simulated in time-slice experiments, Clim. Change, 31, 273-304.
9. Dai, A., K. E. Trenberth, and T. R. Karl (1999), Effects of clouds, soil moisture, precipitation, and water vapor on diurnal temperature range, J. Clim., 12, 2451-2473.
10. Easterling, D. R., et al. (1997), Maximum and minimum temperature trends for the globe, Science, 277, 364-367.
11. Forster, P. M. De F., and S. Solomon (2003), Observations of a "weekend effect" in diurnal temperature range, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A., 100, 11,225-11,230.
12. Gallo, K. P., D. R. Easterling, and T. C. Peterson (1996), The influence of land use/land cover on climatological values of the diurnal temperature range, J. Clim., 9, 2941-2944.
13. Gallo, K. P., T. W. Owen, D. R. Easterling, and P. F. Jamason (1999), Temperature trends of the U.S. Historical Climatology Network based on satellite-designated land use/land cover, J. Clim., 12, 1344-1348.
14. Gollatz, G. J., L. Bounoua, S. O. Los, D. A. Randall, I. Y. Fung, and P. J. Sellers (2000), A mechanism for the influence of vegetation on the response of the diurnal temperature range to changing climate, Geophys. Res. Lett., 27, 3381-3384.
15. Hobgood, J. S. (1986), A possible mechanism for the diurnal oscillations of tropical cyclones, J. Atmos. Sci., 43, 2901-2922.
16. Hunter, D. E., S. E. Schwartz, R. Wagener, and C. M. Benkovitz (1993), Seasonal, latitudinal and secular variations in temperature trend: Evidence for influence of anthropogenic sulfate, Geophys. Res. Lett., 20, 2455-2459.
17. Jarvinen, B. R., C. J. Neumann, and M. A. S. Davis (1984), A tropical cyclone data tape for the North Atlantic basin, 1886-1983: Contents, limitations, and uses, Tech. Memo. NWS NHC 22, Natl. Hurricane Cent., NOAA, Natl. Weather Serv., Miami, Fla.
18. Jin, M. (2004), Analysis of land skin temperature using AVHRR observations, Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 85(4), 587-600.
19. Karl, T. R., G. Kukla, V. N. Razuvayev, M. J. Changery, R. G. Quayle, R. R. Heim Jr., D. R. Easterling, and C. B. Fu (1991), Global warming: Evidence for asymmetric diurnal temperature change, Geaphys. Res. Lett., 18, 2253-2256.
20. Karl, T. R., P. D. Jones, R. W. Knight, G. Kukla, N. Plummer, V. Razuvayev, K. P. Gallo, J. Lindseay, R. J. Charlson, and T. C. Peterson (1993), A new perspective on recent global warming: Asymmetric trends of daily maximum and minimum temperature, Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 74 (6), 1007-1023.
21. Kossin, J. P. (2002), Daily hurricane variability inferred from GOES infrared imagery, Mon. Weather Rev., 130, 2260-2270.
22. Lajoie, F. A., and I. J. Butterworth (1984), Oscillation of high-value cirrus and heavy precipitation around Australian region tropical cyclones, Mon. Weather Rev, 112, 535-544.
23. Landsea, C. W. (1993), A climatology of intense (or major) Atlantic hurricanes, Mon. Weather Rev., 121, 1703-1713.
24. Lettenmaier, D. P., E. F. Wood, and J. R. Wallis (1994), Hydro-climatological trends in the continental United States, 1948-88, J. Clim., 7, 586-607.
25. Mitchell, J. F. B., R. A. Davis, W. J. Ingram, and C. A. Senior (1995), On surface temperature, greenhouse gases, and aerosols: Models and observations, J. Clim., 8, 2364-2386.
26. New, M., M. Hulme, and P. Jones (1999), Representing twentieth-century space-time climate variability. Part I: Development of a 1961-90 mean monthly terrestrial surface climate, J. Clim., 12, 829-856.
27. New, M., M. Hulme, and P. Jones (2000), Representing twentieth-century space-time climate variability. Part II: Development of 1901-96 monthly grids of terrestrial surface climate, J. Clim., 13, 2217-2238.
28. Plantico, M. S., T. R. Karl, G. Kukla, and J. Gavin (1990), Is the recent climate change across the United States related to rising levels of anthropogenic greenhouse gases?, J. Geophys. Res., 95, 16,617-16,637.
29. Stone, D. A., and A. J. Weaver (2003), Factors contributing to diurnal temperature range trends in twentieth and twenty-first century simulations of the CCCma coupled model, Clim. Dyn., 20, 435-445.
30. 2 climates, Clim. Dyn., 13, 546-553.