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

• Published in: Weather and Climate Dynamics
• Main Authors: S. Schemm, H. Wernli, H. Binder
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2021
• Subjects: Meteorology. Climatology; QC851-999; Pacific; Midwinter; Kamchatka
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-2-55-2021; https://doaj.org/article/3a32f05805c643bbbc9c651ca94c6240

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...