Abstract
Recent advances in high-performance computing technologies are enabling multiple climate modeling groups to perform global multi-decadal simulations at tropical cyclone-permitting resolutions. This chapter discusses the developing state of the art of such high-resolution modeling. These global atmospheric models, with horizontal resolutions in the 10-50 km range, simulate strong gradients in temperature and moisture far more realistically than contemporary mainstream climate models at coarser resolution. With these models, simulated tropical cyclones exhibit a surprising degree of realism in terms of both the physical characteristics of individual storms and their long-term statistical behavior. Experience with the Community Atmospheric Model version 5 is used as an example to demonstrate the strengths and weaknesses of this new class of climate models.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Hurricanes and Climate Change |
| Publisher | Springer International Publishing |
| Pages | 187-211 |
| Number of pages | 25 |
| Volume | 3 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9783319475943 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9783319475929 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 1 2017 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Environmental Science
- General Earth and Planetary Sciences
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance(all)
- General Business, Management and Accounting
