February 26, 2012
Graph of the Day: Accumulated Property Damage from Hurricanes, 2000 – 2100
Accumulated property damage from 2000 to the year on the abscissa for hurricanes downscaled from the GFDL CM2.0 model, for constant climate (blue) and a warming climate under IPCC scenario A1b (red). The solid curves show particular realizations of a 1000-member ensemble, while the error bars show one standard deviation up and down from the ensemble mean. From Emanuel (2012).
Effect of Climate Change on U.S. Hurricane Property Damage [pdf]