How Does Pacific Decadal Oscillation Affect Tropical Cyclone Activity Over Far East Asia?

Minkyu Lee, Taehyung Kim, Dong-Hyun Cha*, Seung-Ki Min, Doo-Sun R. Park, Sang-Wook Yeh, Johnny C. L. Chan

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Abstract

We investigated the relationship between tropical cyclones (TCs) and the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) over the western North Pacific (WNP) during 1982–2018, focusing on an area surrounding the Korean Peninsula and Japan. The frequency of TCs passing through this area (TCm) in the negative PDO phase was approximately 50% higher than that in the positive phase in September. Higher TC track density was observed around the Korean Peninsula and Japan in the negative PDO phase because the large-scale environments were favorable for TC activity. However, TCm and PDO were not related in August because the location of WNP subtropical high was not significantly different. In addition, large-scale environments, which were associated with TC activity, provided more favorable conditions in September than in August.
Original languageEnglish
Article numbere2021GL096267
JournalGeophysical Research Letters
Volume48
Issue number24
Online published3 Dec 2021
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 28 Dec 2021

Research Keywords

  • far East Asia
  • large-scale environments
  • Pacific Decadal Oscillation
  • tropical cyclone
  • western North Pacific
  • western North Pacific subtropical high

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