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Climate during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum ... - cmmap

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<strong>Maximum</strong> Monthly Emanuel’s Potential Intensity (MPI), m/s<br />

Theoretical estimate of <strong>the</strong> maximum sustained wind in a developed hurricane<br />

Computed from SP-CAM monthly climatology<br />

PETM (55 MY ago)<br />

Present<br />

m/s<br />

Despite much warmer tropical SSTs (by 10 o C!), hurricanes <strong>during</strong> PETM were probably<br />

not stronger that today’s hurricanes; maybe even slightly weaker!

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