Table 1 Synthetic major (category 3–5) hurricane datasets.

From: Physics-based modeling of climate change impact on hurricane-induced coastal erosion hazards

 

Historical Period 1980–2000

Future Period 2080–2100

Dataset (Global Climate Models)

Sample size

Frequency

Sample size

Frequency

HadGEM

267

0.05

397

0.134

CM3

13

0.002

63

0.04

ECHAM6

56

0.011

107

0.033

MRI-CGCM3

63

0.011

83

0.016

Ensemble

399

0.037

650

0.093

  1. Frequency represents the annual frequency of storms that pass within a 500 km radius from the southern tip of Cape May County, New Jersey.
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