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Climate extremes

an index of tropical cyclone destructiveness equal to the cube of maximum wind speed summed over the lifetime of storms in a season.

In climate extremes, power dissipation index refers to an index of tropical cyclone destructiveness equal to the cube of maximum wind speed summed over the lifetime of storms in a season. This meaning comes from Emanuel (2005) in Nature.[1]

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References

Emanuel, K. (2005). Increasing destructiveness of tropical cyclones over the past 30 years. Nature, 436(7051), 686-688. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature03906

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