More tropical cyclones are striking coasts with major intensities at landfall

Abstract In this study, we show that the number of annual global tropical cyclone (TC) landfalls with major landfall intensity (LI ≥ 50 m s−1) has nearly doubled from 1982 to 2020. The lifetime maximum intensity (LMI) of global major landfalling TCs has been increasing by 0.8 m s−1 per decade (p <...

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Main Authors: S. Wang, R. Toumi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-03-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-09287-6