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contributor authorSchenkel, Benjamin A.
date accessioned2018-01-03T11:01:39Z
date available2018-01-03T11:01:39Z
date copyright6/7/2017 12:00:00 AM
date issued2017
identifier otherjcli-d-17-0088.1.pdf
identifier urihttp://138.201.223.254:8080/yetl1/handle/yetl/4246226
description abstractAbstractThe present study intercompares multiple tropical cyclone event (MTCE) characteristics among each global tropical cyclone (TC) basin using best-track data. Specific focus is placed on examining the number of MTCEs and TCs during MTCEs, the zonal distance between TCs during MTCEs, and the spatiotemporal separation between genesis events during MTCEs. The results suggest that the ratio of MTCEs relative to single TCs is substantially higher in the eastern North Pacific (ENP), western North Pacific (WNP), and south Indian Ocean (SI) basins compared to the North Atlantic (NA) and South Pacific (SP). The prolific nature of ENP, WNP, and SI MTCE activity results in approximately half of TCs occurring during MTCEs. During new TC genesis, the majority of preexisting TCs are generally located westward at a consistent zonal distance from new TC genesis for MTCEs within each basin with median values between ?1620 and ?1961 km. TC-induced Rossby wave dispersion may set this zonal length scale as implied by its moderate-to-strong correlations (R = 0.38?0.85; p < 0.05) with the shallow-water zonal wavelength of TC-induced stationary Rossby waves. A substantial majority of TC genesis events occur progressively eastward during ENP, WNP, and SP MTCEs, whereas NA and SI MTCEs exhibit no such tendency. Last, the temporal separation between the genesis of preexisting and new TCs is generally similar among basins with median values between 3 and 4 days. Together, these results are indicative of unusual similarity in MTCE characteristics among basins despite differences in environmental and TC characteristics in each basin.
publisherAmerican Meteorological Society
titleAre Multiple Tropical Cyclone Events Similar among Basins?
typeJournal Paper
journal volume30
journal issue15
journal titleJournal of Climate
identifier doi10.1175/JCLI-D-17-0088.1
journal fristpage5805
journal lastpage5813
treeJournal of Climate:;2017:;volume( 030 ):;issue: 015
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