Thomas R. Knutson
Research Meteorologist
Climate Change, Variability, and Prediction GroupTom.Knutson@noaa.gov | (609) 452-6509
Research Interests
- Atlantic Hurricane Activity:
- Has
Global Warming Affected Atlantic Hurricane Activity? (Updated January
2010)
- Modeled Impact of Anthropogenic Warming on the Frequency of Intense Atlantic Hurricanes. Science (published Jan. 2010)
- FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) on our recent Science paper (updated Jan. 25, 2010)
-
Impact of Duration Thresholds on Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Counts. J.
Climate, in press (with Landsea, Vecchi, and Bengtsson. Abstract available
at this site)
- Simulated reduction in Atlantic hurricane frequency under twenty-first-century warming conditions, Nature Geoscience, doi:10.1038/ngeo202 (Published online May 2008)
- FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) on our Nature Geoscience study (Posted June 11, 2008)
- On Estimates of Historical North Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Activity -- J. Climate (July 15, 2008 issue)
- Simulated Hurricane Animations Web Page
- Global Warming and Hurricanes Web Page
- Has
Global Warming Affected Atlantic Hurricane Activity? (Updated January
2010)
- Impacts of Greenhouse Gas-Induced Warming:
- Hurricane Activity
- El Nino/Southern Oscillation
- Sahel Drought (Held et al. PNAS paper)
- Summertime Heat Index Values
- Coral Bleaching (Donner et al. PNAS paper)
- Climate Change Detection and Attribution:
- Assessment of Twentieth Century Regional Surface Temperature Trends using the GFDL CM2 Coupled Models
- Simulation of Early 20th Century Global Warming
- Tropical Pacific Decadal Variability and Trends
- Sahel Drought in the 20th century (Held et al. PNAS paper)
- Coral Bleaching (Donner et al. PNAS paper)
- Land cover change affects on climate (Findell et al. 2006)
