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Hurac\u00e1n<\/em> is a strategic collaboration between the UK and US with the overarching objective to deliver a new, physically based understanding of the risks posed to the British Isles\/Western Europe (BIWE) and the Northeast United States (NEUS) by cyclones of tropical origin (CTOs) in a changing climate.<\/p>\n

What are CTOs\u2014and why do we care?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Some tropical cyclones migrating into the mid-latitudes retain the physical characteristics of a hurricane, while others evolve into post-tropical cyclones. Both types, which we collectively call CTOs, can be extremely intense and their hazards set them apart from typical extratropical cyclones. Do recent CTO landfalls signal an emerging climate risk for BIWE and NEUS? Further, can we imagine a sequence of events leading to a CTO directly hitting New York or London, and what would be the consequences?<\/p>\n

Hurac\u00e1n<\/em> in a nutshell<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The risk of CTOs is currently poorly quantified, owing to a fundamental lack of evidence; yet these events are high-impact and are expected to become more frequent in the future. Poor theoretical understanding impedes confident prediction. Hurac\u00e1n<\/em> brings together world-leading expertise\u2014from both sides of the Atlantic\u2014to study, for the first time, the full life cycle of CTOs, a key requirement for scientific progress. Hurac\u00e1n<\/em> will address fundamental knowledge gaps exploiting diverse observations, theoretical advances and hypothesis-driven analysis of a wealth of numerical simulations, to provide actionable information to decision-makers. Hurac\u00e1n<\/em> will explore physically plausible scenarios, given the predictable components of future climate and the conditional dependence of cyclone processes on those components. Hurac\u00e1n will experiment with the simulation of CTO-specific impacts and investigate worst-case configurations of the physical climate system. This concerted effort will transform the assessment of CTO risks across the North Atlantic mid-latitudes.<\/p>\n

Our Objectives<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Research in Hurac\u00e1n<\/em> is centred around three core objectives:<\/p>\n

Objective 1 |<\/strong> To identify and quantify the key processes governing the life cycle of CTOs that impact BIWE and NEUS<\/p>\n

Objective 2 |<\/strong> To identify and understand the key driving mechanisms that govern the interannual to decadal variability of CTO hazards across BIWE and NEUS<\/p>\n

Objective 3 |<\/strong> To understand how anthropogenic climate change is affecting and will affect CTO risk to BIWE and NEUS<\/p>\n

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Work Packages<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Hurac\u00e1n<\/em>\u00a0will study the origins, development, landfall and impacts of North Atlantic tropical cyclones. Research will be divided into four work packages, which are structured to naturally follow the lifecycle of a cyclone originating in the tropics, moving into the mid-latitudes, and reaching land.<\/p>\n

Work Package 1<\/span> |\u00a0<\/strong>Determining the impact of African climate variability and change on TC precursors, genesis and frequencies<\/p>\n

Work Package 2<\/span> |<\/strong> Characterising TC intensification and tracks that contribute to CTO evolution<\/p>\n

Work Package 3<\/span> |<\/strong> Developing process understanding of the life cycles of CTOs entering mid-latitudes, and the dependence of their variability on large-scale phenomena<\/p>\n

Work Package 4<\/span> |<\/strong> \u00a0Attribution of variability and change in large-scale drivers of CTOs to anthropogenic climate change, and implications for hazards and impacts<\/p>\n

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