The storm-track suppression over the western North Pacific from a cyclone life-cycle perspective

• Published in: Weather and Climate Dynamics
• Main Authors: Schemm, Sebastian, Wernli, Heini, Binder, Hanin
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Midwinter; Pacific; Kamchatka
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-2-55-2021; https://wcd.copernicus.org/articles/2/55/2021/

Surface cyclones that feed the western part of the North Pacific storm track and experience a midwinter suppression originate from three regions: the East China Sea ( ∼30 ∘ N), the Kuroshio extension ( ∼35 ∘ N), and downstream of Kamchatka ( ∼53 ∘ N). In midwinter, in terms of cyclone numbers, Kuros...