Dependency of typhoon intensity and genesis locations on El Ni?o phase and SST shift over the western North Pacific

The effects of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) phase and the shifting of the ENSO sea surface temperature (SST) on the intensity of tropical cyclones (TC) have been extensively investigated in terms of TC genesis locations in the western North Pacific (WNP). To advance the hypothesis for a r...

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Published in:Theoretical and applied climatology 2012-08, Vol.109 (3-4), p.383
Main Authors: Ha, Kyung-ja, Yoon, Soon-jo, Yun, Kyung-sook, Kug, Jong-seong, Jang, Yeon-soo, Chan, Johnny C, L
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Climate science
El Nino
La Nina
Ocean currents
Ocean-atmosphere interaction
Sea surface temperature
Southern Oscillation
Tropical cyclones
Tropical depressions
Typhoons
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Summary:The effects of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) phase and the shifting of the ENSO sea surface temperature (SST) on the intensity of tropical cyclones (TC) have been extensively investigated in terms of TC genesis locations in the western North Pacific (WNP). To advance the hypothesis for a relation of genesis location-intensity that the TC formation location hints its intensity, two cases have been compared, which include the phase of the decaying El Niño turning over to La Niña (type I) and the phase that recovers to a neutral condition (type II). In addition, the shift of ENSO SST to the central Pacific warming (CPW) from the East Pacific warming (EPW) has been examined. The genesis potential index (GPI) and the accumulated cyclone energy have been applied to compare the differences between the ENSO phase and the TC formation location. It was apparent that ENSO influences the WNP typhoon formation location depending on the cycle of the ENSO phase. In addition, the typhoon activity was affected by the zonal shift of the El Niño SST. The CPW, which has maximum SST over the central Pacific, tends to have a persistently high GPI over the WNP in September-November and June-August, demonstrating that the formation locations of strong TCs significantly shift southeastward compared with the EPW having SST maximum over the eastern Pacific. CPW years revealed a distinguishable relationship between the TC formation location and the TC between the tropical depression (TD) + tropical storm (TS) and the intense typhoon of category 4+5.[PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
ISSN:0177-798X
1434-4483
DOI:10.1007/s00704-012-0588-z