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Virmani & Weisberg 2006
Virmani, J.I. and Weisberg, R.H. (2006). The 2005 hurricane season: An echo of the past or a harbinger of the future?. Geophysical Research Letters 33: doi: 10.1029/2005GL025517. issn: 0094-8276.

Recent Atlantic hurricane activity raises several questions. For example, why was the 2005 season so early and active and are there similarities with the past? We show that parallels exist between 2005 and previously active years. Tropical Atlantic sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies beginning in winter aided the formation of early storms. On longer timescales SST, sea level pressure and zonal winds exhibit multidecadal variability; weaker easterlies during the positive phase of the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO) result (via ocean-atmosphere interactions) in warmer water and increased hurricane activity. However, individual active years appear independent of the AMO phase.

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Atmospheric Processes, Ocean/atmosphere interactions (0312, 4504), Atmospheric Processes, Climate change and variability (1616, 1635, 3309, 4215, 4513), Oceanography, Physical, Decadal ocean variability (1616, 1635, 3305, 4215)
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Geophysical Research Letters
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American Geophysical Union
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