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http://dx.doi.org/10.14191/Atmos.2014.24.4.565

Seasonal Prediction of Tropical Cyclone Activity in Summer and Autumn over the Western North Pacific and Its Application to Influencing Tropical Cyclones to the Korean Peninsula  

Choi, Woosuk (School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University)
Ho, Chang-Hoi (School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University)
Kang, KiRyong (National Typhoon Center, Korea Meteorological Administration)
Yun, Won-Tae (National Typhoon Center, Korea Meteorological Administration)
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Atmosphere / v.24, no.4, 2014 , pp. 565-571 More about this Journal
Abstract
A long-range prediction system of tropical cyclone (TC) activity over the western North Pacific (WNP) has been operated in the National Typhoon Center of the Korea Meteorological Administration since 2012. The model forecasts the spatial distribution of TC tracks averaged over the period June~October. In this study, we separately developed TC prediction models for summer (June~August) and autumn (September~November) period based on the current operating system. To perform the three-month WNP TC activity prediction procedure readily, we modified the shell script calling in environmental variables automatically. The user can apply the model by changing these environmental variables of namelist parameter in consideration of their objective. The validations for the two seasons demonstrate the great performance of predictions showing high pattern correlations between hindcast and observed TC activity. In addition, we developed a post-processing script for deducing TC activity in the Korea emergency zone from final forecasting map and its skill is discussed.
Keywords
Tropical cyclone; operational system; shell script; the Korea emergency zone;
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