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Home Search Quick Search Advanced Fulltext Browse Collections Persons My eDoc Session History Login Name: Password: Documentation Help Support Wiki Direct access to document ID:	Institute: MPI für Meteorologie     Collection: Atmosphere in the Earth System     Display Documents   history ID: 320239.0, MPI für Meteorologie / Atmosphere in the Earth System Tropical cyclones over the Mediterranean Sea in climate change simulations Authors: Gaertner, M. A.; Jacob, D.; Gil, V.; Dominguez, M.; Padorno, E.; Sanchez, E.; Castro, M. Language: English Date of Publication (YYYY-MM-DD): 2007-07 Title of Journal: Geophysical Research Letters Journal Abbrev.: Geophys. Res. Letts. Volume: 34 Issue / Number: 14 Sequence Number of Article: L14711 Review Status: Peer-review Audience: Experts Only Abstract / Description: Tropical cyclones form only under specific environmental conditions. Anthropogenic climate change might alter the geographical areas where tropical cyclones can develop. Using an ensemble of regional climate models, we find an increase in the extremes of cyclone intensity over the Mediterranean Sea under a climate change scenario. At least for the most sensitive model, the increase in intensity is clearly associated with the formation of tropical cyclones. Previous studies did not find evidence of changes in the projected areas of formation of tropical cyclones ( Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2007; Walsh, 2004; Lionello et al., 2002). Those studies were based either on relatively low-resolution global climate models or on one particular regional climate model. The use of a multi-model ensemble of relatively high-resolution regional climate models has allowed us to detect for the first time a risk of tropical cyclone development over the Mediterranean Sea under future climate change conditions. [References: 23] External Publication Status: published Document Type: Article Communicated by: Carola Kauhs Affiliations: MPI für Meteorologie/Atmosphere in the Earth System Identifiers: DOI:10.1029/2007GL029977 Full Text: Sorry, no privileges The scope and number of records on eDoc is subject to the collection policies defined by each institute - see "info" button in the collection browse view.