Recent Increases in Tropical Cyclone Rapid Intensification Events in Global Offshore Regions

The data and scripts in this repository can be used to support the main conclusion in the manuscript "Recent Increases in Tropical Cyclone Rapid Intensification Events in Global Offshore Regions" by Li et al., submitted to Nature Communications. The global distribution and annual variability of rapid intensification (RI) events of tropical cyclones (TCs) dervied from the open-source International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS, https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/international-best-track-archive) are provided. The enviromental variables, including mid-level (600 hPa), vertical wind shear (200-850 hPa), and maximum potential intensity (MPI), were also calculated using the fifth generation of ECMWF reanalysis (ERA5) and Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6) forced in different scenarios. The python script (coastal_RI_submit ipynb) can be used to reproduce figures in the article.