5 New Papers: Climate And Weather Events Become LESS Erratic And Severe During Warming Periods
By Kenneth Richard on 14. December 2017
Cooling, Not Warming, Leads To
Weather and Climate Instability
Image Source: Loisel et al., 2017
1. Significant Decreasing Trend In Severe Weather Since 1961
Zhang et al., 2017
Based on continuous and coherent severe weather reports from over 500 manned stations, for the first time, this study shows a significant decreasing trend in severe weather occurrence across China during the past five decades. The total number of severe weather days that have either thunderstorm, hail and/or damaging wind decrease about 50% from 1961 to 2010. It is further shown that the reduction in severe weather occurrences correlates strongly with the weakening of East Asian summer monsoon which is the primary source of moisture and dynamic forcing conducive for warm-season severe weather over China.
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