Interannual Variability of Northern Hemisphere Storm Tracks in Coarse-Gridded Datasets
Extratropical cyclones exert a large socioeconomic impact. It is therefore important to assess their interannual variability. We generate cyclone tracks from the National Center for Environmental Prediction’s Reanalysis I and the European Centre for Medium Range Prediction ERA-40 reanalysis datasets...
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fthindawi:oai:hindawi.com:10.1155/2013/545463 2023-05-15T17:33:32+02:00 Interannual Variability of Northern Hemisphere Storm Tracks in Coarse-Gridded Datasets Timothy Paul Eichler Jon Gottschalck 2013 https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/545463 en eng Advances in Meteorology https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/545463 Copyright © 2013 Timothy Paul Eichler and Jon Gottschalck. Research Article 2013 fthindawi https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/545463 2019-05-25T22:24:45Z Extratropical cyclones exert a large socioeconomic impact. It is therefore important to assess their interannual variability. We generate cyclone tracks from the National Center for Environmental Prediction’s Reanalysis I and the European Centre for Medium Range Prediction ERA-40 reanalysis datasets. To investigate the interannual variability of cyclone tracks, we compare the effects of El Niño, the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD), and the Pacific North American Pattern (PNA) on cyclone tracks. Composite analysis shows similar results for the impacts of El Niño, NAO, and the PNA on NH storm tracks. Although it is encouraging, we also found regional differences when comparing reanalysis datasets. The results for the IOD suggested a wave-like alteration of cyclone frequency across the northern US/Canada possibly related to Rossby wave propagation. Partial correlation demonstrates that although El Niño affects cyclone frequency in the North Pacific and along the US east coast, its impact on the North Pacific is accomplished via the PNA. Similarly, the PNA’s impact on US east coast storms is modulated via El Niño. In contrast, the impacts of the NAO extend as far west as the North Pacific and are not influenced by either the PNA or El Niño. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic North Atlantic oscillation Hindawi Publishing Corporation Canada Indian Pacific Advances in Meteorology 2013 1 15 |
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Extratropical cyclones exert a large socioeconomic impact. It is therefore important to assess their interannual variability. We generate cyclone tracks from the National Center for Environmental Prediction’s Reanalysis I and the European Centre for Medium Range Prediction ERA-40 reanalysis datasets. To investigate the interannual variability of cyclone tracks, we compare the effects of El Niño, the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD), and the Pacific North American Pattern (PNA) on cyclone tracks. Composite analysis shows similar results for the impacts of El Niño, NAO, and the PNA on NH storm tracks. Although it is encouraging, we also found regional differences when comparing reanalysis datasets. The results for the IOD suggested a wave-like alteration of cyclone frequency across the northern US/Canada possibly related to Rossby wave propagation. Partial correlation demonstrates that although El Niño affects cyclone frequency in the North Pacific and along the US east coast, its impact on the North Pacific is accomplished via the PNA. Similarly, the PNA’s impact on US east coast storms is modulated via El Niño. In contrast, the impacts of the NAO extend as far west as the North Pacific and are not influenced by either the PNA or El Niño. |
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Timothy Paul Eichler Jon Gottschalck Interannual Variability of Northern Hemisphere Storm Tracks in Coarse-Gridded Datasets |
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Interannual Variability of Northern Hemisphere Storm Tracks in Coarse-Gridded Datasets |
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Interannual Variability of Northern Hemisphere Storm Tracks in Coarse-Gridded Datasets |
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Interannual Variability of Northern Hemisphere Storm Tracks in Coarse-Gridded Datasets |
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Interannual Variability of Northern Hemisphere Storm Tracks in Coarse-Gridded Datasets |
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Interannual Variability of Northern Hemisphere Storm Tracks in Coarse-Gridded Datasets |
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interannual variability of northern hemisphere storm tracks in coarse-gridded datasets |
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