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Tropical Cyclones and Climate Change in a High Resolution General Circulation Model, HiGEM Ray Bell Supervisors: Prof. Pier Luigi Vidale, Dr. Kevin Hodges and Dr. Jane Strachan Introduction Motivation • Socio-economic impacts and changing risk with climate change. • Impacts on the climate system, removing heat and moisture from the ocean affecting large scale circulation. Research Objectives • Investigate the changes in TC activity (location, frequency, intensity, structure and duration) with climate change. • Investigate a change of natural variability mechanisms on TC activity e.g. changing ENSO. • [Investigate the impact of atmospheric resolution on TC activity with climate change.] • [How does TC activity change during a transient forcing vs. stabilised forcing?] What’s expected? How will TC frequency change with climate change? (The number of TCs which form each year) Stay the same Decrease Increase “Warmer SSTs lead to more TCs” “What controls TC frequency?” time Space TCfreq= Σ Σ f(SST, dT/dz, mid level humidity, absolute vorticity, vertical wind shear) + Initial disturbances Gray (1968); Emanuel (2005) What’s expected? How will TC intensity change with climate change? (The maximum intensity a TC can reach) Decrease • Stay the same Increase TC intensity is governed by its immediate external environment and internal processes • TC intensity is hard to simulate in global models (constrained by resolution) - Large regional uncertainties (Knutson et al. 2010) - Can we observe these changes? (Klotzbach and Gray, 2011) Why do we get these changes? TC frequency Decrease globally by 6-34% by 2100 • Distribution of SST change. Change in gradients -> Increase in VWS via thermal wind balance (Vecchi and Soden, 2007) • Weakening of the tropical circulation. Increase in dry static stability. (Vecchi et al, 2006) Knutson et al (2010) TC intensity Increase globally by 2-11% by 2100 • Decrease of TC frequency mainly from weaker storms. When conditions are favourable for TC development it will be able to utilize the energy available. • Supported by theory (Emanuel, 1985) and idealised studies (Shen, 2000) Idealised GCM simulations HiGEM UK’s new High-Resolution Global Environmental Model (Shaffrey et al, 2009) HiGEM 4xCO2 30 yrs 1.25ox0.83o, ∆x50N = 90 km HiGEM 2xCO2 30 yrs HiGEM CTRL ~9x30 yrs 1/3o ocean model HiGEM 1.1 CTRL 150 yrs HiGEM 1.2 CTRL 117 yrs Tracking algorithm (TRACK; Bengstton et al, 2007) 1) Locate and track all centres of high relative vorticity 35000/yr 2) Apply a 2-day filter to the tracks 8000 storms / yr 3) Analyse vertical structure of storm for evidence of warm-core (tropical storm structure) 120 storms / yr Assessing the model At this model resolution we are able to realistically capture location and frequency Strachan et al, (2012) in rev Climate Change Simulations Track density difference 2xCO2 - CTRL 4xCO2 - CTRL Storms/month/106km2 Stippling if outside 9x30yr CTRL variability Climate Change Simulations norm pdf Grey shading is 9x30yr CTRL variability Increase in maximum intensity Max rel vor Large scale forcing Red: 2xCO2 - CTRL Green: 4xCO2 - CTRL 50 NAtl % change -50 SST VWS ppt RH700 ω500 TCfreq stronger TCfreq 50 % change -50 NEPac Conclusion •HiGEM realistically captures the geographical location and TC frequency compared to observations. • HiGEM simulates a decrease of TC frequency in most regions except for the North Indian Ocean and North Central Pacific region. • HiGEM simulates an increase of TC intensity, which only becomes significant in the 4xCO2 experiment. • An increase in VWS in the 4xCO2 over the North Atlantic spreads to the North East Pacific and decreases TC freq. • A weaker Walker circulation suppresses activity in the North West Pacific and enhances activity in the North Central Pacific. Future work •Continue Adding HiGEM1.2 onto my current study. • Investigate the ENSO relation and different types of El Niño and the impact they have on TC activity. How these change with climate change. • Apply my analyses to the different resolution simulation (atmosphere only) • Apply my analyses to the transient simulation TC and climate change studies Comparing with , and • Different tracking algorithms • Model TCs are not exactly comparable to obs TCs • Inhomogeneities of obs TCs in different basins and over time. • Different models resolutions/ different scenarios - show different parameters to be of importance Late 21st Century projections: “storm-friendly” Vecchi and Soden (2007) Average of 18 models, Jun-Nov “storm-hostile” Vecchi et al., (2008) Large-scale tropical Atlantic climate changes projected for late 21st century by CMIP3 models (A1B scenario). Average SST change in MDR is 1.72oC with warming near 4oC in the upper troposphere. Temp anom Knutson et al., (2008) Shen (2000) Emanuel Potential intensity TC Hurricanes Small decrease of TCs. Small increase of major hurricanes Increase in maximum intensity MSLP-10m windspeed relation 5 member ensemble for N512, all 2005 Other models – all years Note: IBTrACS uses 10min winds, models use instantan. 6hourly winds TRACK Hodges (1995); Bengstsson et al. (2007) • T42 ξ850 – Reduce noise. Comparison of different spatial resolution data • Minimum lifetime of 2 days and no constraint on the minimum displacement distance. Capture more of TC lifecycle • • • • Cyclogenesis (0-30oN over ocean) Coherent vertical structure and warm core Max T63 vor at each level from 850hPa to 250hPa Intensity threshold T63 ξ850 > 6x10-5 s-1, ξ850 – ξ200 > 6x10-5 s-1 , for at least 1 day (4 x 6hr). • Search for warm core between p levels 850-500, 500-200hPa (+ ξ value) • Wind speed must attain 20m/s at 850hPa (change in slightly more intense TCs) [att20 dataset] • Statistical packages Understanding natural variability ENSO’s impact on geographical location Understanding natural variability ENSO’s impact on TC frequency Climate Change Simulations Change in TC frequency Error bars are max and min of 9x30 yr CTRL variability Change in SST Zhao et al (2009) AMO ~= AMOC Klotzbach and Gray (2011) Sea Surface Temperature Difference Jul-Oct 2xCO2 - CTRL 4xCO2 - CTRL Sea Surface Temperature Difference (°C) • Tongue of relatively less warm water compared to the rest of the tropics • Grave results of TCs in this vicinity (NAtl). • Leads to increased vertical wind shear (VWS) via thermal wind balance Vertical Wind Shear Difference Jul-Oct 2xCO2 - CTRL 4xCO2 - CTRL Vertical Wind Shear difference (m/s) • VWS spreads to the NEPac especially in the 4xCO2 • Detrimental affect on TCs. • Reduced VWS in CPac favours development Stippling if outside 5x30yr CTRL variability Walker Circulation Difference Jul-Oct 0-10N° 2xCO2 - CTRL 4xCO2 - CTRL -ω difference (Pa/s) and divU difference (m/s) • Weakening of the tropical circulation inline with other studies (Vecchi and Soden, 2007) • Favours development in the CPac and reduces TC frequency is the NWPac Change in RH700 Vecchi et al (2007) Change in –ω500 Change in ppt Large scale tropical change Climate Change Simulations HadGAM – N96. 135km HiGEM - N144. 90km NUGAM - N216. 60km