#  ClimaTea Journal Club 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **March 12, 2019** 

 03:00PM - 03:00PM EDT 

####  pin\_drop Location 

 **HUCE Seminar Room MCZ 440**  



 

 



 

 **Speaker:** Minmin Fu

 Minmin will lead the discussion on ***"A global slowdown of tropical-cyclone translation speed"*** by James P. Kossin

 **Description:** Anthropogenic warming is predicted to weaken the mean state of the large scale atmospheric circulation. This may lead to a slowdown of tropical cyclone translation speeds. A slowdown of cyclone translation is likely to increase local precipitation extremes beyond that expected from increases to mean global or cyclone precipitation rates alone, a phenomenon of great societal impact. For instance, Hurricane Harvey of 2017 serves as a potent example of the extreme local precipitation rates that are possible when a tropical cyclone traverses slowly over a region. The author presents observations over the past 68 years and argues that tropical-cyclone translation speed has decreased globally by 10% over this time, highlighting the importance of considering this effect in future climate projections [\[paper\].](https://eps.harvard.edu/files/eps/files/kossin-cyclone-slowdown-2018.pdf)



 

 



 

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