On the Interannual Variability of Rainfall and Cyclone Activity in the Tropical Western North Pacific.

Abstract

Rainfall amounts at various stations in the tropical North Pacific during the dry season (January-April) were correlated with the number of tropical cyclones occurring in the western North Pacific areas during the same year from 1959 to 1973. Correlations were made for each rainfall station individually and for various group of stations. Results indicated that the best correlation was shown with rainfall on Guam, however, the relationship was poor (correlation coefficient of 0.24) and not sufficient for long-range forecasting purposes. The study also provides a survey of various articles relating tropical circulation patterns and rainfall to sea surface temperature anomalies and other large scale influences. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1974
Accession Number
ADA064539

Entities

People

  • J. F. Pratte

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Temperature
  • Canton Island
  • Coefficients
  • Convection
  • Cyclones
  • Delphi Method
  • Fleet Weather Central
  • Frequency
  • Heat Energy
  • Latent Heat
  • Latitude
  • Meteorology
  • Precipitation
  • Rainfall
  • Sea Surface Temperature
  • Surface Temperature
  • Tropical Cyclones

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.