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Kerry Emanuel

Massachusetts Institute of Technology · US
Area of research
Atmospheric Science · Global and Planetary Change
Research interest
Research interests include Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research, Climate variability and models, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, and Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing.
h-index
117
citations
61,288
works
692
NIH funding
primary concept
email

Recent publications

From decades to years: Rising seas and cyclones amplify Bangladesh’s storm-tide hazards in a warming climate
One Earth 2025cited by 10position: lastdoi
Scenario set-up and the new CMIP6-based climate-related forcings provided within the third round of the Inter-Sectoral Model Intercomparison Project (ISIMIP3b, group I and II)
2025cited by 6position: middledoi
Multifaceted aerosol effects on precipitation
Nature Geoscience 2024cited by 53position: middledoi
Climate Change Contributions to Increasing Compound Flooding Risk in New York City
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 2024cited by 26position: lastdoi
Harnessing AI and computing to advance climate modelling and prediction
Nature Climate Change 2023cited by 82position: middledoi
Uncertainties and sensitivities in the quantification of future tropical cyclone risk
Communications Earth & Environment 2023cited by 30position: middledoi
Tropical cyclone climatology change greatly exacerbates US extreme rainfall–surge hazard
Nature Climate Change 2022cited by 262position: lastdoi
Intercomparison of regional loss estimates from global synthetic tropical cyclone models
Nature Communications 2022cited by 62position: middledoi
Tropical Cyclone Seeds, Transition Probabilities, and Genesis
Journal of Climate 2022cited by 54position: firstdoi
Storm surge hazard over Bengal delta: a probabilistic–deterministic modelling approach
Natural hazards and earth system sciences 2022cited by 20position: middledoi
Poleward expansion of tropical cyclone latitudes in warming climates
Nature Geoscience 2021cited by 213position: middledoi
Atlantic tropical cyclones downscaled from climate reanalyses show increasing activity over past 150 years
Nature Communications 2021cited by 101position: firstdoi
Double benefit of limiting global warming for tropical cyclone exposure
Nature Climate Change 2021cited by 80position: middledoi
Combined Modeling of US Fluvial, Pluvial, and Coastal Flood Hazard Under Current and Future Climates
Water Resources Research 2020cited by 432position: middledoi
Response of Global Tropical Cyclone Activity to Increasing CO2: Results from Downscaling CMIP6 Models
Journal of Climate 2020cited by 226position: firstdoi
Projecting Exposure to Extreme Climate Impact Events Across Six Event Categories and Three Spatial Scales
Earth s Future 2020cited by 188position: middledoi
Observed Modulation of the Tropical Radiation Budget by Deep Convective Organization and Lower‐Tropospheric Stability
AGU Advances 2020cited by 87position: lastdoi
Evidence that hurricanes are getting stronger
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2020cited by 78position: firstdoi
The Relevance of Theory for Contemporary Research in Atmospheres, Oceans, and Climate
AGU Advances 2020cited by 57position: firstdoi
Projecting the Reoccurrence of one in 100-year Caribbean Hurricanes under the Paris Agreement Goals
2020cited by 0position: lastdoi
Tropical Cyclones and Climate Change Assessment: Part II: Projected Response to Anthropogenic Warming
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 2019cited by 1,282position: middledoi
Tropical Cyclones and Climate Change Assessment: Part I: Detection and Attribution
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 2019cited by 608position: middledoi
Climate change exacerbates hurricane flood hazards along US Atlantic and Gulf Coasts in spatially varying patterns
Nature Communications 2019cited by 413position: middledoi
What Is the Predictability Limit of Midlatitude Weather?
Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 2019cited by 292position: lastdoi
Halving warming with idealized solar geoengineering moderates key climate hazards
Nature Climate Change 2019cited by 261position: middledoi
Advances in weather prediction
Science 2019cited by 243position: middledoi
Estimation of Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Rainfall Frequency in the United States
Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology 2019cited by 55position: middledoi
Broad threat to humanity from cumulative climate hazards intensified by greenhouse gas emissions
Nature Climate Change 2018cited by 692position: middledoi
100 Years of Progress in Tropical Cyclone Research
Meteorological Monographs 2018cited by 261position: firstdoi
Assessing Hurricane Rainfall Mechanisms Using a Physics-Based Model: Hurricanes Isabel (2003) and Irene (2011)
Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 2018cited by 86position: middledoi

Grants

Collaborative Research: P2C2--Assessing Climate and Stochastic Forcing of North Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Activity over the Past Millennium
NSF2202785$76,5322022–2025PIRePORTER
Collaborative Research: Physics of and Climate Regulation by Convective Aggregation
NSF1906768$562,8022019–2025PIRePORTER
PREEVENTS Track 2: Collaborative Research: Predicting Hurricane Risk along the United States East Coast in a Changing Climate
NSF1854929$426,4732019–2023PIRePORTER
Trends and Variability of Temperatures near the Tropical Tropopause Layer and Implications for Tropical Cyclones
NSF1461517$525,6482015–2019PIRePORTER
Collaborative Research: Self-Aggregation of Moist Convection, Radiative-Convective Instability, and the Regulation of Tropical Climate
NSF1418508$314,8782014–2017PIRePORTER
Trends and Variability of Temperatures Near the Tropical Tropopause Layer and Implications for Tropical Cyclones
NSF1342810$239,2762013–2015PIRePORTER
Collaborative Research: The Effect of Near-Equatorial Islands on Climate
NSF1136480$274,0472011–2015PIRePORTER
Collaborative Research: Convective Organization and Climate
NSF1032244$304,1342010–2014PIRePORTER
Collaborative Research: Environmental Control of Tropical Cyclone Activity
NSF0850639$399,7712009–2013PIRePORTER
Collaborative Research: Global Aspects of Tropical Cyclogenesis
NSF0630690$180,0002006–2009PIRePORTER
Collaborative Research: Dynamic and Thermodynamic Control of Tropical Cyclone Intensity in Sheared Environments
NSF0349957$406,4122004–2008PIRePORTER
Collaborative Research: Global Aspects of Tropical Cyclogenesis
NSF0432090$186,5912004–2007PIRePORTER
Development of Balloon Systems for Continuous Measurement of Hurricane Eye Properties
NSF0307560$514,1252003–2006PIRePORTER
Collaborative Research: Validated Radiation and Convection Model Impacts on Climate Simulations
NSF0137678$276,6532002–2005PIRePORTER
Development of Balloon System for Continuous Measurement of Hurricane Eye Properties
NSF0115585$160,0002002–2003PIRePORTER
Collaborative Research: Air-Sea Fluxes at High Wind Speeds with Application to Tropical Cyclone Intensity Prediction
NSF0001039$255,0002000–2003PIRePORTER
Collaborative Research: Adaptive Sampling and Ensemble-Based Data Assimilation
NSF9815114$279,9801999–2002PIRePORTER
Dynamics of Tropical Waves and Instabilities
NSF9724987$402,9001998–2001PIRePORTER
Adaptive Observations: A Modeling Study and Fastex Experiment
NSF9634239$216,1251996–1998PIRePORTER
Tropical Cyclones
NSF9424201$266,6801995–1998PIRePORTER
Upgrade of the MIT Synoptic Laboratory
NSF9526878$14,0001995–1996PIRePORTER
The Dependence of Tropical Climate on Cloud Microphysical Processes
NSF9320445$179,5201994–1996PIRePORTER
Waves and Instabilities of the Midlatitude Atmosphere: An Observational Analysis using Potential Vorticity
NSF9313785$193,5701993–1997PIRePORTER
Dynamics of Tropical Cyclones and Cumulus Convection
NSF9216906$251,9151992–1995PIRePORTER
Large-Scale Dynamics of Convecting Atmospheres
NSF9103025$238,5601991–1994PIRePORTER

Frequent collaborators

Ning Lin · Massachusetts Institute of Technology12 papers (2012–2023)James P. Kossin · University of Wisconsin–Madison8 papers (2012–2019)Suzana J. Camargo · Massachusetts Institute of Technology6 papers (2014–2022)Allison A. Wing · Massachusetts Institute of Technology5 papers (2013–2017)Thomas R. Knutson · Princeton University5 papers (2012–2019) · 5 papers (2014–2017)Fuqing Zhang · Massachusetts Institute of Technology5 papers (2016–2019)Daniel R. Chavas · Massachusetts Institute of Technology3 papers (2014–2018)James J. O’Brien · University of Technology Sydney3 papers (2012–2016)Michael Wehner · University of California, Berkeley3 papers (2012–2017)Adam H. Sobel · Columbia University3 papers (2013–2018)Gabriel A. Vecchi · Princeton University3 papers (2014–2019)Kenneth E. Kunkel · University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign3 papers (2012–2016)Michael Mann · Pennsylvania State University3 papers (2013–2017)Sai Ravela · Massachusetts Institute of Technology3 papers (2014–2025)Sandrine Bony · University of Exeter3 papers (2013–2020) · 3 papers (2021–2023)L. Ruby Leung · Pacific Northwest National Laboratory3 papers (2015–2023)Thomas R. Karl · North Carolina State University3 papers (2012–2016) · 2 papers (2019–2019)