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Indian Ocean Tropical Cyclones and Climate Change

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Editors:
  1. Yassine Charabi

    1. Dept. Geography, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman

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  • Focus on the potential impact of climate change in the Indian Ocean
  • Discussion on tropical cyclones, with an emphasis on the Indian Ocean
  • Highlighting a probability of major changes in tropical cyclone activity across the various ocean basins
  • The volume is planned as a WMO publication

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Table of contents (40 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Climate Change and Tropical Cyclone Activity

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. A Climatology of Intense Tropical Cyclones in the North Indian Ocean Over the Past Three Decades (1980-2008)

      • Karl Hoarau, Ludovic Chalonge
      Pages 3-7

    3. Tropical Cyclones in a Hieararchy of Climate Models of Increasing Resolution

      • P. L. Vidale, M. Roberts, K. Hodges, J. Strachan, M. E. Demory, J. Slingo
      Pages 9-14

    4. Modeling Climate Change: Perspective and Applications in the Context of Bangladesh

      • M. J. B. Alam, F. Ahmed
      Pages 15-23

    5. Changes in Tropical Cyclone Precipitation Over China

      • Fumin Ren, Guoxiong Wu, Xiaoling Wang, Yongmei Wang
      Pages 25-28

    6. Toward Improved Projection of the Future Tropical Cyclone Changes

      • Masato Sugi
      Pages 29-35

    7. Global Warming and Tropical Cyclone Activity in the Western North Pacific

      • Johnny C. L. Chan
      Pages 37-46

    8. Tropical Cyclones and Climate Change: An Indian Ocean Perspective

      • Thomas R. Knutson
      Pages 47-49

    9. Recent Trends in Tropical Cyclone Activity in the North Indian Ocean

      • O. P. Singh
      Pages 51-54

  4. Operational Tropical Cyclone Forecasting & Warning Systems

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 92-92
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    2. Monitoring and Prediction of Cyclonic Disturbances Over North Indian Ocean by Regional Specialised Meteorological Centre, New Delhi (India): Problems and Prospective

      • Ajit Tyagi, B. K. Bandyopadhyay, M. Mohapatra
      Pages 93-103

    3. Evaluation of the WRF and Quasi-Lagrangian Model (QLM) for Cyclone Track Prediction Over Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea

      • Y. V. Rama Rao, A. Madhu Latha, P. Suneetha
      Pages 105-114

    4. Simulation of Tropical Cyclones Over Indian Seas: Data Impact Study Using WRF-Var Assimilation System

      • Krishna K. Osuri, A. Routray, U. C. Mohanty, Makarand A. Kulkarni
      Pages 115-124

    5. Impact of Rain-Affected SSM/I Data Assimilation on the Analyses and Forecasts of Tropical Cyclones, and Study of Flow-Dependent Ensemble Background Errors, Over the Southwest Indian Ocean

      • R. Montroty, F. Rabier, S. Westrelin, G. Faure, Loïk Berre, Laure Raynaud
      Pages 125-129
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About this book

Tropical cyclones are topic that is not appropriately known to the public at large, but climate change has been on the public’s mind since the last decade and a concern that has peaked in the new millennium. Like the television programs of Jean Yves Cousteau the ‘plight of the oceans’, have recent documentaries nurtured a conscio- ness that major climatological changes are in the offing, even have started to develop. The retreat of glaciers on mountain tops and in Polar Regions is ‘being seen’ on ‘the small screen’ and has favored an environmental awareness in all populations that are enjoying an average well-being on Planet Earth. The vivid images on screen of storms, floods, and tsunamis share the fear provoking landscapes of deforestation, desertification and the like. Watching such as this one is seen are voices warning of what over is ‘in store’ if the causative problems are not remedied. Talking and d- cussing are useful, but action must follow. Understanding the full ramifications of climate change on tropical cyclones is a task that will takes several decades. In Climate Change 2007, the Fourth Assessment Report of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) a high probability of major changes in tropical cyclone activity across the various ocean basins is highlighted.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Dept. Geography, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman

    Yassine Charabi

About the editor

Yassine Charabi is Assistant Professor at the Department of Geography at Sultan Qaboos University, Oman. Her main research interests are in applied climatology and meteorology. She is the author more than 20 scientific publications including the book Elements de Climatologie Urbaine: cas de la ville de Sfax (2006, Centre de Publication Universitaire, Tunisie).

Salim Al-Hatrushi is Assistant Professor at the Department of Geography at Sultan Qaboos University, Oman. His research focuses on coastal processes and geomorphology.

Yassine Charabi and Salim Al-Hatrushi were in the scientific organizing committee of the First International Conference on Indian Ocean Tropical Cyclones and Climate Change, co-sponsored by The World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Indian Ocean Tropical Cyclones and Climate Change

  • Editors: Yassine Charabi

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3109-9

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-481-3108-2Published: 05 January 2010

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-017-7734-6Published: 23 August 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-90-481-3109-9Published: 19 January 2010

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 373

  • Topics: Atmospheric Sciences, Meteorology, Physical Geography

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