Wang, Qin; et al. (2018): A statistical examination of the effects of stratospheric sulphate geoengineering on tropical storm genesis

Wang, Qin; Moore, John C.; Ji, Duoying (2018): A statistical examination of the effects of stratospheric sulphate geoengineering on tropical storm genesis. In Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., pp.[nbsp]1–44. DOI: 10.5194/acp-2018-142.

Here we use six CMIP5 models that have run the RCP4.5 experiment and the Geoengineering Model Intercomparison Project (GeoMIP) stratospheric aerosol injection G4 experiment, to calculate the two TC indices over the 2020 to 2069 period across the 6 ocean basins that generate tropical cyclones. Globally, GPI under G4 is lower than under RCP4.5, though both have a slight increasing trend. Spatial patterns in the effectiveness of geoengineering show reductions in TC in the North Atlantic basin, and Northern Indian Ocean in all models except NorESM1-M.

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