The 2005 Hurricane Season: An Echo of the Past or a Harbinger of the Future?

Authors

Jyotika I. Virmani, University of South Florida
Robert H. Weisberg, University of South FloridaFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-2006

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.1029/2005GL025517

Abstract

Recent Atlantic hurricane activity raises several questions. For example, why was the 2005 season so early and active and are there similarities with the past? We show that parallels exist between 2005 and previously active years. Tropical Atlantic sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies beginning in winter aided the formation of early storms. On longer timescales SST, sea level pressure and zonal winds exhibit multidecadal variability; weaker easterlies during the positive phase of the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO) result (via ocean‐atmosphere interactions) in warmer water and increased hurricane activity. However, individual active years appear independent of the AMO phase.

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Yes

Citation / Publisher Attribution

Geophysical Research Letters, v. 33, issue 5, art. L05707

Copyright 2006 by the American Geophysical Union.

Scholar Commons Citation

Virmani, Jyotika I. and Weisberg, Robert H., "The 2005 Hurricane Season: An Echo of the Past or a Harbinger of the Future?" (2006). Marine Science Faculty Publications. 409.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/msc_facpub/409