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Influences of Natural Variability and Anthropogenic Forcing on the Extreme 2015 Accumulated Cyclone Energy in the Western North Pacific
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Influences of Natural Variability and Anthropogenic Forcing on the Extreme 2015 Accumulated Cyclone Energy in the Western North Pacific

Wei Zhang, Gabriel A. Vecchi, Hiroyuki Murakami, Gabriele Villarini, Thomas L. Delworth, Karen Paffendorf, Rich Gudgel, Liwei Jia, Fanrong Zeng and Xiaosong Yang
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Vol.97(12), pp.S131-S135
12/01/2016
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-16-0146.1

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Abstract

The extreme value of the 2015 western North Pacific (WNP) accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) was mainly caused by the sea surface warming in the eastern and central Pacific, with the anthropogenic forcing largely increasing the odds of the occurrence of this event.
EXPLAINING EXTREME EVENTS OF 2015 FROM A CLIMATE PERSPECTIVE

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