Influence of the Arctic Oscillation on the TC activity around Taiwan |
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Authors: | Ki-Seon Choi Yu-Mi Cha Sung-Dae Kang Hae-Dong Kim Baek-Jo Kim |
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Institution: | 1. National Typhoon Center/Korea Meteorological Administration, Seoul, South Korea 2. Department of Environmental Conservation, Keimyung University, Daegu, South Korea 4. Department of Global Environment, Keimyung University, Daegu, South Korea 3. National Institute of Meteorological Research, Seoul, South Korea
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Abstract: | This study discovered that strong positive correlations exist between the frequency of tropical cyclones (TC) during the summer around Taiwan and the Arctic Oscillation (AO) during the preceding March to May period. In positive AO years, during the preceding spring to summer period, anomalous cyclone and anomalous anticyclone were strongly developed at low and middle latitudes, respectively. Because of such a distribution of pressure system, in Taiwan, Korea, and Japan during the positive AO years, anomalous southeasterlies, which play the role of anomalous steering flows in transferring TCs to these regions, were strengthened. On the other hand, in southern China and the Indochina Peninsula during the positive AO years, anomalous northwesterlies, which prevent the transfer of TCs to these regions, were strengthened. Moreover, such a distribution of pressure system strengthening during the positive AO years led TCs to occur, move, and recurve more eastward in the western North Pacific in positive AO years as compared with the negative AO years. Contrarily, during the negative AO years, TCs showed the tendency to pass over the South China Sea from the Philippines and move west toward southern China and the Indochina Peninsula. Eventually, the intensity of TCs in these years was lower than that of TCs in positive AO years due to the topographic effects from a high TC passage frequency in mainland China. |
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