A GIS Study of the Influences of Warm Ocean Eddies on the Intensity Variations of Tropical Cyclones in the South China Sea

doi:10.3390/ijgi5100169

	A GIS Study of the Influences of Warm Ocean Eddies on the Intensity Variations of Tropical Cyclones in the South China Sea
	Yang, Feng 1,2; Peng, Hui 2; Du, Yunyan 2; Wu, Guofeng 1,3,4,5
刊名	ISPRS INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GEO-INFORMATION
	2016-10-01
卷号	5 期号:10 页码:18
关键词	GIS tropical cyclone ocean eddy South China Sea fuzzy c-means clustering
ISSN号	2220-9964
DOI	10.3390/ijgi5100169
通讯作者	Du, Yunyan(duyy@lreis.ac.cn) ; Wu, Guofeng(guofeng.wu@szu.edu.cn)
英文摘要	This study presented the spatial distribution patterns of tropical cyclones (TCs) in the South China Sea (SCS) and discussed the possible influences of average sea surface temperature (SST) and the size of warm ocean eddies on changes in the intensity of TCs passing over them. Between 1993 and 2013, the SCS has experienced 233 TCs, of which 134 have interacted with warm ocean eddies. The results of fuzzy c-means (FCM) clustering showed that these TCs are mainly located in the northern portion of the SCS. After interacting with warm ocean eddies, TCs may intensify, remain at the same intensity, or weaken. For intensifying TCs, the enhancements range from 0 to 3 m/s only; however, this level of TC intensity enhancement is statistically significant at p<0.05. Further statistical analyses show that warm ocean eddies with a higher-than-average SST and a larger ratio between the size of the warm ocean eddies and the radius of the TC maximum wind may help intensify passing TCs.
资助项目	National Science Foundation of China[41371378] ; National Science Foundation of China[41421001]
WOS关键词	WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC ; LARGE-SCALE CHARACTERISTICS ; PREDICTION SCHEME SHIPS ; HURRICANE INTENSITY ; MESOSCALE EDDIES ; SURFACE TEMPERATURE ; MAXIMUM INTENSITY ; THERMAL STRUCTURE ; TYPHOON TRACKS ; ATLANTIC BASIN
WOS研究方向	Physical Geography ; Remote Sensing
语种	英语
出版者	MDPI AG
WOS记录号	WOS:000387885900004
资助机构	National Science Foundation of China
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.igsnrr.ac.cn/handle/311030/65754]
专题	中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所
通讯作者	Du, Yunyan; Wu, Guofeng
作者单位	1.Wuhan Univ, Sch Resource & Environm Sci, Wuhan 430079, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geog Sci & Nat Resources Res, State Key Lab Resources & Environm Informat Syst, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 3.Shenzhen Univ, Natl Adm Surveying Mapping & GeoInformat, Key Lab Geoenvironm Monitoring Coastal Zone, Shenzhen 518060, Peoples R China 4.Shenzhen Univ, Shenzhen Key Lab Spatial Smart Sensing & Serv, Shenzhen 518060, Peoples R China 5.Shenzhen Univ, Coll Life Sci & Oceanog, Shenzhen 518060, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Yang, Feng,Peng, Hui,Du, Yunyan,et al. A GIS Study of the Influences of Warm Ocean Eddies on the Intensity Variations of Tropical Cyclones in the South China Sea[J]. ISPRS INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GEO-INFORMATION,2016,5(10):18.
APA	Yang, Feng,Peng, Hui,Du, Yunyan,&Wu, Guofeng.(2016).A GIS Study of the Influences of Warm Ocean Eddies on the Intensity Variations of Tropical Cyclones in the South China Sea.ISPRS INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GEO-INFORMATION,5(10),18.
MLA	Yang, Feng,et al."A GIS Study of the Influences of Warm Ocean Eddies on the Intensity Variations of Tropical Cyclones in the South China Sea".ISPRS INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GEO-INFORMATION 5.10(2016):18.