Tracking Tropical Cyclones in the Northwest Pacific During El Nino Andy Chan Environmental and Water Resources Engineering University of Texas at Austin webspace.utexas.edu/zimmeau/www/gis
EAST ASIA China Vietnam North Korea South Korea Japan Taiwan The Philippines Macau
Data Source Joint Typhoon Warning Center NOAA National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center nsoyears.shtml
Dr. Johnny Chan’s Observation Tropical cyclone activity over the western North Pacific associated with El Nino and La Nina events. J. Climate, 13,
Determining El Nino, La Nina, and Neutral Years YearDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovENL L N N E N E L N E L L L N E E
Raw Data
Convert Points to Polygon
POINTS AND POLYLINE
THE GRID
Neutral Years
El Nino Years
La Nina Years
Difference between El Nino and Neutral Years
Difference between La Nina and Neutral Years
Conclusion El NinoLa Nina South China Sea Below Normal Above Normal East Asia (Japan) Above Normal Below Normal Matched with the observations in Dr. Chan’s paper.
Thank you. Questions?