EGU2020-3277
https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-3277
EGU General Assembly 2020
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Coupled tropical cyclone seasonal forecasting system over the Northwest Pacific Ocean in NMEFC

Yunfei Zhang, Xiang Li, Tiejun Ling, Chenqi Wang, and Hongyu Qu
Yunfei Zhang et al.
  • Key Laboratory of Marine Hazards Forecasting, National Marine Environmental Forecasting Center, China (zhangyf@nmefc.cn)

Tropical cyclone (TC) activity has significant seasonal, interannual and interdecadal variations. Accurate prediction of TC seasonal activities before the onset of the coming TC season (June-November) can provide sufficient time for the government and the public to prepare for tropical cyclone disasters and minimize risks and life losses.
Based on COAWST model, we developed a new regional coupled seasonal forecasting system for the Northwest Pacific Ocean including a series of technology improvements. The results of multi-year hindcast experiments show that the coupled seasonal forecasting system can effectively improve the tropical cyclone frequency and intensity forecast compared to the CFSv2 real-time seasonal forecast, especially the tropical cyclone frequency forecast of the TC exceeding the typhoon level, but there is still a certain gap between the results in the forecasting system and the observed TC frequency and intensity, which is mainly reflected in the fact that the forecasting season has a higher frequency of TCs and the peak of strong TCs is relatively weaker. This gap may be caused by the forecasting bias of the sea surface temperature.

How to cite: Zhang, Y., Li, X., Ling, T., Wang, C., and Qu, H.: Coupled tropical cyclone seasonal forecasting system over the Northwest Pacific Ocean in NMEFC, EGU General Assembly 2020, Online, 4–8 May 2020, EGU2020-3277, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-3277, 2020

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