Impact of Intraseasonal Oscillations on the Activity of Tropical Cyclones in Summer Over the South China Sea: Nonlocal Tropical Cyclones
In addition to tropical cyclones (TCs) locally formed in the South China Sea (SCS), there are also TCs that initially form over the Northwest Pacific (NWP) and move westward to enter the SCS (often called nonlocal TCs). It is unclear how those nonlocal TCs are modulated by the intraseasonal climate...
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| description | In addition to tropical cyclones (TCs) locally formed in the South China Sea (SCS), there are also TCs that initially form over the Northwest Pacific (NWP) and move westward to enter the SCS (often called nonlocal TCs). It is unclear how those nonlocal TCs are modulated by the intraseasonal climate variability. In this study, the impacts of two types of intraseasonal oscillations, namely the Madden–Julian Oscillation (MJO) and the quasi-biweekly oscillation (QBWO), on nonlocally formed TCs over the SCS in summer (May–September) are analyzed based on best-track TC data and global reanalysis during 1979–2018. Results show that in the convective phases of both MJO and QBWO, the western Pacific subtropical high shifted more eastward, and more TCs entered the SCS. This is mainly because more TCs formed in the NWP in the convective phases of intraseasonal oscillations and the genesis locations of the NWP TCs shifted westward and closer to the SCS. In addition to TC count, intraseasonal oscillations also affected the intensity of nonlocal TCs entered the SCS, with the influence of QBWO being more significant than MJO. In the convectively active phases of QBWO (phases 2–5), 34 nonlocal TCs reached typhoon intensity, while only two nonlocal TCs reached typhoon intensity in the convectively inactive phases (phases 1, 6, 7, 8). Further analysis indicates that nonlocal TCs often moved with the northwestward propagating convective signals of QBWO, resulting in more and stronger TCs that entered the SCS in the convective phases of QBWO. The mean location that the nonlocal TC entered the SCS also shifted northward with the northward propagation of intraseasonal oscillations. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-dca7e78bb9fe43e0954bc4d18280c4182022-12-21T23:18:31ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Earth Science2296-64632020-12-01810.3389/feart.2020.609776609776Impact of Intraseasonal Oscillations on the Activity of Tropical Cyclones in Summer Over the South China Sea: Nonlocal Tropical CyclonesZheng Ling0Zheng Ling1Yuqing Wang2Guihua Wang3Hailun He4College of Ocean and Meteorology, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Satellite Ocean Environment Dynamics, Second Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Hangzhou, ChinaDepartment of Atmospheric Sciences and International Pacific Research Center, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, United StatesDepartment of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Institute of Atmospheric Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Satellite Ocean Environment Dynamics, Second Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Hangzhou, ChinaIn addition to tropical cyclones (TCs) locally formed in the South China Sea (SCS), there are also TCs that initially form over the Northwest Pacific (NWP) and move westward to enter the SCS (often called nonlocal TCs). It is unclear how those nonlocal TCs are modulated by the intraseasonal climate variability. In this study, the impacts of two types of intraseasonal oscillations, namely the Madden–Julian Oscillation (MJO) and the quasi-biweekly oscillation (QBWO), on nonlocally formed TCs over the SCS in summer (May–September) are analyzed based on best-track TC data and global reanalysis during 1979–2018. Results show that in the convective phases of both MJO and QBWO, the western Pacific subtropical high shifted more eastward, and more TCs entered the SCS. This is mainly because more TCs formed in the NWP in the convective phases of intraseasonal oscillations and the genesis locations of the NWP TCs shifted westward and closer to the SCS. In addition to TC count, intraseasonal oscillations also affected the intensity of nonlocal TCs entered the SCS, with the influence of QBWO being more significant than MJO. In the convectively active phases of QBWO (phases 2–5), 34 nonlocal TCs reached typhoon intensity, while only two nonlocal TCs reached typhoon intensity in the convectively inactive phases (phases 1, 6, 7, 8). Further analysis indicates that nonlocal TCs often moved with the northwestward propagating convective signals of QBWO, resulting in more and stronger TCs that entered the SCS in the convective phases of QBWO. The mean location that the nonlocal TC entered the SCS also shifted northward with the northward propagation of intraseasonal oscillations.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2020.609776/fullSouth China Seatropical cyclonesMadden-Julian oscillationquasi-biweekly oscillationwestern pacific subtropical high |
| spellingShingle | Zheng Ling Zheng Ling Yuqing Wang Guihua Wang Hailun He Impact of Intraseasonal Oscillations on the Activity of Tropical Cyclones in Summer Over the South China Sea: Nonlocal Tropical Cyclones Frontiers in Earth Science South China Sea tropical cyclones Madden-Julian oscillation quasi-biweekly oscillation western pacific subtropical high |
| title | Impact of Intraseasonal Oscillations on the Activity of Tropical Cyclones in Summer Over the South China Sea: Nonlocal Tropical Cyclones |
| title_full | Impact of Intraseasonal Oscillations on the Activity of Tropical Cyclones in Summer Over the South China Sea: Nonlocal Tropical Cyclones |
| title_fullStr | Impact of Intraseasonal Oscillations on the Activity of Tropical Cyclones in Summer Over the South China Sea: Nonlocal Tropical Cyclones |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impact of Intraseasonal Oscillations on the Activity of Tropical Cyclones in Summer Over the South China Sea: Nonlocal Tropical Cyclones |
| title_short | Impact of Intraseasonal Oscillations on the Activity of Tropical Cyclones in Summer Over the South China Sea: Nonlocal Tropical Cyclones |
| title_sort | impact of intraseasonal oscillations on the activity of tropical cyclones in summer over the south china sea nonlocal tropical cyclones |
| topic | South China Sea tropical cyclones Madden-Julian oscillation quasi-biweekly oscillation western pacific subtropical high |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2020.609776/full |
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