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Relationship between the Asian-Pacific oscillation and the tropical cyclone frequency in the western North Pacific

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The relationship between the Asian-Pacific oscillation (APO) and the tropical cyclone frequency over the western North Pacific (WNP) in summer is preliminarily investigated through an analysis of observed data. The result has shown clearly that APO is significantly and positively correlated to the tropical cyclone frequency in the WNP. If APO is above (below) the normal in summer, more (less) tropical cyclones will tend to appear in the WNP. The present study also addresses the large-scale atmospheric general circulation changes underlying the linkage between APO and the WNP tropical cyclone frequency. It follows that a positive phase of summer APO is concurrent with weakened as well as northward and eastward located western Pacific subtropical high (WPSH), low-level convergence and high-level divergence, and reduced vertical zonal wind shear in the WNP, providing favorable environment for the tropical cyclone genesis, and thus more tropical cyclones will come into being, and vice versa.

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  1. Laboratory for Climate Studies, National Climate Center, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, 100081, China

    Zhou BoTao

  2. National Meteorological Center, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, 100081, China

    Cui Xuan

  3. Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, 100081, China

    Zhao Ping

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Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 40631005, 40625014 and 40620130113)

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Zhou, B., Cui, X. & Zhao, P. Relationship between the Asian-Pacific oscillation and the tropical cyclone frequency in the western North Pacific. Sci. China Ser. D-Earth Sci. 51, 380–385 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11430-008-0014-7

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