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Polar climate affects tropical trade wind strength

Polar climate affects tropical trade wind strength

  • November 20, 2020
  • UH News
The authors demonstrate the physical pathways via which polar climate variations can affect the trade winds in the tropics.
Accuracy of El Niño simulation hones climate change estimates

Accuracy of El Niño simulation hones climate change estimates

  • August 28, 2020
  • UH News
Scientists found that when the models simulate the subsurface ocean current variations more accurately, asymmetry between El Niño and La Niña increases.
New funding supports drought predictions in Hawaiʻi, Pacific Islands

New funding supports drought predictions in Hawaiʻi, Pacific Islands

  • August 25, 2020
  • UH News
UH Mānoa and NOAA researchers secured a NOAA grant to assess factors affecting the intensity and duration of droughts.
Ringing of global atmosphere confirmed in UH research

Ringing of global atmosphere confirmed in UH research

  • July 8, 2020
  • UH News
The atmosphere’s “music” comes not as a sound we could hear, but in the form of large-scale waves of atmospheric pressure spanning the globe.
Climate warming promises more frequent extreme El Niño events

Climate warming promises more frequent extreme El Niño events

  • October 21, 2019
  • UH News
An international team of climate researchers, lead by Bin Wang of the UH Manoa examined 33 El Niño events to predict future El Niño behavior and shifts in weather patterns.
UH developing diagnostic tool to improve Pacific Island forecasts

UH developing diagnostic tool to improve Pacific Island forecasts

  • September 11, 2018
  • UH News
H. Annamalai at the International Pacific Research Center and his team are working to help scientists strengthen their weather and climate prediction models.
La Niña-like ocean cooling patterns intensify tropical cyclones

La Niña-like ocean cooling patterns intensify tropical cyclones

  • April 30, 2018
  • UH News
An International Pacific Research Center study by Yuqing Wang, Jiuwei Zhao and Ruifen Zhan shows a strong connection between the Global Warming Hiatus phenomenon and changes in cyclone activity over the northwest Pacific Ocean.
Study says low-lying islands uninhabitable by mid-century

Study says low-lying islands uninhabitable by mid-century

  • April 25, 2018
  • UH News
Researchers from the International Pacific Research Center say the combination of rising sea levels and wave-driven flooding will cause tremendous damage.
Post-eruption sunsets shed light on historical wind patterns

Post-eruption sunsets shed light on historical wind patterns

  • February 6, 2018
  • UH News
Research is published by climate modelers Kevin Hamilton and Takatoshi Sakazaki of the International Pacific Research Center.
Heightened threat of destructive potential of cyclones increases with ocean warming

Heightened threat of destructive potential of cyclones increases with ocean warming

  • October 2, 2017
  • UH News
The study concluded that with warmer sea surface temperatures, tropical cyclones become not only stronger, with higher maximum wind speeds, but also larger, with gale-force winds covering a greater area.
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