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http://dx.doi.org/10.5467/JKESS.2015.36.2.171

Synoptic Analysis on the Trend of Northward Movement of Tropical Cyclone with Maximum Intensity  

Choi, Ki-Seon (Policy Research Department, National Institute of Meteorological Research)
Park, Ki-Jun (Policy Research Department, National Institute of Meteorological Research)
Kim, Jeoung-Yun (Policy Research Department, National Institute of Meteorological Research)
Kim, Baek-Jo (Policy Research Department, National Institute of Meteorological Research)
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Journal of the Korean earth science society / v.36, no.2, 2015 , pp. 171-180 More about this Journal
Abstract
Regarding the tropical cyclone (TC) genesis frequency, TCs between 1999 and 2013 were generated more frequently in the northwest waters of the tropical- and subtropical western North Pacific than TCs between 1977 and 1998. TCs over the period from 1977-1998 showed a northward track trend generated mostly from the distant sea in east of the Philippines via the mainland of the Philippines and the South China Sea to the west toward Indochina or from the distant sea in east of the Philippines to the distance sea in east of Japan. TCS over the period from 1999-2013 showed a northward shift pattern to the mid-latitude region mostly in East Asia. Therefore, TCs over the period from 1999-2013 tended to move to much higher latitudes than TCs over the period from 1977-1998, which also resulted in the high possibility of maximum TC intensity occurred in higher latitudes during the former period than the latter period. In the difference of 500 hPa streamline between two periods, the anomalous anticyclonic circulations were strengthened in $30-50^{\circ}N$ whereas the anomalous monsoon trough was placed in north of the South China Sea, which was extended to the east up to $145^{\circ}E$. The mid-latitude in East Asia is affected by the anomalous southeasterlies due to the above anomalous anticyclonic circulations and anomalous monsoon trough. The anomalous southeasterlies play a role in anomalous steering flows that directed TCs to the mid-latitude regions in East Asia, which made the latitudes of the maximum intensities in TCs over the period from 1999 - 2013 further to the north than those in TCs over the period from 1977-1998.
Keywords
tropical cyclones; statistical change-point analysis; TC maximum intensity;
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