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GLOBAL WARMING AND TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY IN THE WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC

  • Johnny C. L. CHAN

    Research output: Conference PapersRGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (without host publication)peer-review

    Abstract

    The possible relationship between global warming and tropical cyclone (TC) activity in the western North Pacific is discussed in this paper. It is found that none of the time series of the annual number of TCs, annual number of intense TCs, track distributions and landfall locations shows a linear trend. Rather, all of them show large interannual and multi-decadal variations that can be explained to a large extent by similar variations in the planetary-scale variations in the atmospheric and oceanic conditions in the Pacific. These results suggest that global warming cannot be attributed to the observed variations in TC activity in the western North Pacific.
    Original languageEnglish
    Publication statusPublished - Nov 2009
    EventFourth Japan-China-Korea Joint Conference on Meteorology - Tsukuba, Japan
    Duration: 8 Nov 200910 Nov 2009
    https://www.metsoc.jp/jckjc09/index.html

    Conference

    ConferenceFourth Japan-China-Korea Joint Conference on Meteorology
    PlaceJapan
    CityTsukuba
    Period8/11/0910/11/09
    Internet address

    Research Keywords

    • global warming
    • tropical cyclone climate

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