Within the region, this susceptibility varied depending upon application time and seasonality in storm patterns.
Over the course of the seasons, some changes in the storm patterns and cloud belts on Earth would be observed.
In June 1997 the Pacific ENSO Application Center alerted governments that a strong El Niño was developing, that changes in rainfall and storm patterns could be expected, that severe droughts could occur as early as December, and that some islands were at unusually high risk of typhoons and hurricanes (Hamnett et al. 1998).
The traditional monitoring provided a basis for evaluating the changes in storm runoff volume, storm hydrograph peak and storm-period sediment load and mean suspended sediment concentration.
Concerning storm-related mortality and injury, most respondents noted that expected changes in storm climate due to climate change are relatively small and highly uncertain, and data is lacking on the effects on mortality and injury.
In our case study, both increasing sea-level-rise rates and changing storm patterns tend to increase shoreline change rates, which can induce more vigorous shoreline stabilization efforts.
"In certain storm patterns, we see increases as high as 40percentt".
But I can't help feeling that this early Spring is connected to the climate change that is bringing us melting icecaps, disappearing islands and coasts, changes in monsoon patterns, violent freak storms.
This leads to quicker changes in weather patterns and increasingly strong storm systems.
In recent years, there has been a focus on understanding the impact of changing climate on rainfall and storm patterns both globally and in Australia with research directed to examine how the global hydrological cycle will respond to climate change.
