An analysis of translation distance of tropical cyclones over the western North Pacific
Tropical-cyclone (TC) translation distance, proportional to its duration and translation speed, basically determines the spatial extent of TC impacted marine and terrestrial areas. Although a long-term slowdown of TCs has recently been reported, changes in translation distance of TCs over the wester...
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| author | Wang, L Gu, X Gulakhmadov, A Li, J Slater, LJ Zhang, Q Luo, M Ren, G Kong, D Lai, Y Liu, J |
| author_facet | Wang, L Gu, X Gulakhmadov, A Li, J Slater, LJ Zhang, Q Luo, M Ren, G Kong, D Lai, Y Liu, J |
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| description | Tropical-cyclone (TC) translation distance, proportional to its duration and translation speed, basically determines the spatial extent of TC impacted marine and terrestrial areas. Although a long-term slowdown of TCs has recently been reported, changes in translation distance of TCs over the western North Pacific (WNP) and their driving mechanisms remain poorly understood. Using multiple TC datasets, here we find that the trends are opposite in over-land translation distance of landfall WNP TCs over China and excluding China, with the number of landfalls in the two groups being almost the same. However, the increase in over-land translation distance of landfall TCs over China is offset by greater decrease in that excluding China, resulting in that over-land translation distance of TCs over the WNP has declined (−4.0% per decade). The over-sea translation distance of TCs over the WNP also shows a decreasing trend (−2.4% per decade), and thus the genesis-to-demise translation distance of TCs over the WNP has significantly decreased (by 17.7%) during 1961-2019. The shorter duration and reduced translation speed of TCs directly and jointly contribute (by 76.9% and 23.1%, respectively) to their shortened translation distance. The gradual increase in westerly and northerly winds and weaker moisture transport during the days following TC generation tend to inhibit long-distance travel after TC genesis. Declining TC translation distance is likely associated with the long-term increases in genesis potential index and an anomalous cyclonic steering flow over the WNP. Our findings suggest that these changes in TC translation distance may alter regional patterns of TC-related drying and wetting of the WNP. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:faaf791f-f5d7-4e2e-93f5-03076cdf40432023-02-15T11:58:09ZAn analysis of translation distance of tropical cyclones over the western North PacificJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:faaf791f-f5d7-4e2e-93f5-03076cdf4043EnglishSymplectic ElementsAmerican Meteorological Society2022Wang, LGu, XGulakhmadov, ALi, JSlater, LJZhang, QLuo, MRen, GKong, DLai, YLiu, JTropical-cyclone (TC) translation distance, proportional to its duration and translation speed, basically determines the spatial extent of TC impacted marine and terrestrial areas. Although a long-term slowdown of TCs has recently been reported, changes in translation distance of TCs over the western North Pacific (WNP) and their driving mechanisms remain poorly understood. Using multiple TC datasets, here we find that the trends are opposite in over-land translation distance of landfall WNP TCs over China and excluding China, with the number of landfalls in the two groups being almost the same. However, the increase in over-land translation distance of landfall TCs over China is offset by greater decrease in that excluding China, resulting in that over-land translation distance of TCs over the WNP has declined (−4.0% per decade). The over-sea translation distance of TCs over the WNP also shows a decreasing trend (−2.4% per decade), and thus the genesis-to-demise translation distance of TCs over the WNP has significantly decreased (by 17.7%) during 1961-2019. The shorter duration and reduced translation speed of TCs directly and jointly contribute (by 76.9% and 23.1%, respectively) to their shortened translation distance. The gradual increase in westerly and northerly winds and weaker moisture transport during the days following TC generation tend to inhibit long-distance travel after TC genesis. Declining TC translation distance is likely associated with the long-term increases in genesis potential index and an anomalous cyclonic steering flow over the WNP. Our findings suggest that these changes in TC translation distance may alter regional patterns of TC-related drying and wetting of the WNP. |
| spellingShingle | Wang, L Gu, X Gulakhmadov, A Li, J Slater, LJ Zhang, Q Luo, M Ren, G Kong, D Lai, Y Liu, J An analysis of translation distance of tropical cyclones over the western North Pacific |
| title | An analysis of translation distance of tropical cyclones over the western North Pacific |
| title_full | An analysis of translation distance of tropical cyclones over the western North Pacific |
| title_fullStr | An analysis of translation distance of tropical cyclones over the western North Pacific |
| title_full_unstemmed | An analysis of translation distance of tropical cyclones over the western North Pacific |
| title_short | An analysis of translation distance of tropical cyclones over the western North Pacific |
| title_sort | analysis of translation distance of tropical cyclones over the western north pacific |
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