INTENSITY CHANGE CHARACTERISTICS OF TROPICAL CYCLONES IN THE WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC AS REVEALED BY THREE DIFFERENT DATASETS |
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Authors: | YU Hui LU Yi CHEN Pei-yan and ZHOU Wei-can |
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Institution: | Shanghai Typhoon Institute and Laboratory of Typhoon Forecast Technique, CMA, Shanghai 200030 China;Shanghai Typhoon Institute and Laboratory of Typhoon Forecast Technique, CMA, Shanghai 200030 China;Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing 100081 China;Shanghai Typhoon Institute and Laboratory of Typhoon Forecast Technique, CMA, Shanghai 200030 China;Wuxi Environmental Sciences and Engineering Research Center, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214000 China |
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Abstract: | Analyzed in this paper are the 20-yr(1991–2010)tropical cyclone(TC)intensity from three forecast centers in the Western North Pacific,i.e.China Meteorological Administration(CMA),Japan Meteorological Agency(JMA),and Joint Typhoon Warning Center(JTWC)of the United States.Results show that there is more or less discrepancy in the intensity change of a TC among different datasets.The maximum discrepancy reaches 22 hPa/6h(42 hPa/6h,33 hPa/6h)between CMA and JMA(CMA and JTWC,JMA and JTWC).Special attention is paid to the records for abrupt intensity change,which is currently a difficult issue for forecasters globally.It is found that an abrupt intensity change process recorded by one dataset can have,in some extreme cases,intensity change in another dataset varying from 0 to≥10 hPa/6h with the same sign or the opposite sign.In a total of 2511 cases experiencing rapid intensity change,only 14%have consensus among all the three datasets and 25%have agreement between two of the three datasets.In spite of such a significant uncertainty,the three datasets agree on the general statistical characteristics of abrupt intensity change,including regional and seasonal distribution,the relationship with initial intensity and TC moving speed,and persistence features.Notable disagreement is on very strong systems(SuperTY)and TCs moving very fast. |
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Keywords: | tropical cyclone rapid intensification observation |
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