Contrasting two spring SST predictors for the number of western North Pacific tropical cyclones

WANG Lei

Guangdong Province Key Laboratory for Coastal Ocean Variation and Disaster Prediction， College of Ocean and Meteorology， Guangdong Ocean University， Zhanjiang， China

Contrasting two spring SST predictors for the number of western North Pacific tropical cyclones

WANG Lei

Guangdong Province Key Laboratory for Coastal Ocean Variation and Disaster Prediction， College of Ocean and Meteorology， Guangdong Ocean University， Zhanjiang， China

Recent studies have revealed that two boreal spring sea surface temperature （SST） indices have potential to predict the number of western North Pacifc （WNP） tropical cyclones （TCs） in the following peak typhoon season （June—October）: the northern tropical Atlantic （NTA） SST， and the SST gradient （SSTG） between the southwestern Pacifc and western Pacifc warm pool. The interannual and interdecadal variations of NTA SST and SSTG and their relationships to the number of WNP TCs during 1950—2013 were compared. On the interdecadal timescale， SSTG showed better correlation with the number of WNP TCs than NTA SST. The interdecadal variation of NTA SST was closely associated with the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation， while that of SSTG was anti-correlated with the Central Pacifc （CP） El Niño index at the interdecadal timescale. On the interannual timescale，both NTA SST and SSTG were modulated by two types of El Niño. The NTA SST revealed signifcant correlations with the number of WNP TCs beginning from the early 1960s； by contrast， SSTG showed signifcant correlations after the mid-1970s. Co-variability of NTA SST and SSTG existed after the late 1980s， induced by modulation from CP El Niño. The co-variability of these two spring SST predictors increased their prediction skill after the late 1980s， with enhanced correlation between the number of WNP TCs and the two predictors.

ARTICLE HISTORY

Revised 15 June 2016

Accepted 29 June 2016

Spring SST predictor；tropical cyclone； western North Pacifc； interannual variability； interdecadal variability

文章对比了两种可用于预报西北太平洋热带气旋生成数量的春季海温预报因子（热带北大西洋海表面温度（NTA SST）和西南太平洋与西北太平洋暖池之间海表面温度梯度（SSTG））。研究揭示了这两种春季海温预报因子在年际和年代际时间尺度上的不同变化特征、变异机制以及它们与西北太平洋热带气旋数量之间的不同相关关系。研究结果表明：在80年代末之后，NTA SST和SSTG在中部型厄尔尼诺的共同调控下呈现出共同的年际变化特征，从而增强了两种春季海温预报因子对西北太平洋热带气旋数量的预报能力。

1. Introduction

Tropical cyclones （TCs） can cause severe damage to coastal regions， and therefore an accurate and timely forecasting of TC activity （e.g. frequency） is of vital importance. Understanding and predicting TC occurrence has been a topic of intense scientifc interest.

Sea surface temperature （SST） is well known as an important factor infuencing TC occurrence， and could potentially be used as a predictor. Recent studies （Zhan，Wang， and Wen 2013； Huo et al. 2015） have revealed two boreal spring SST predictors for western North Pacifc（WNP） TCs: the meridional SST gradient （SSTG） in the western Pacifc， and the northern tropical Atlantic （NTA）SST （Figure 1）. These two predictors have the potential to predict the number of WNP TCs in the following peak typhoon season of June—October.

Zhan， Wang， and Wen （2013） identifed that the SSTG between the southwestern Pacifc （SWP） and western Pacifc warm pool （WWP） in March—May （MAM） may be a good predictor for the number of WNP TCs， based on observations during 1980—2011. They showed that a positive SSTG anomaly induced unfavorable environmental conditions and greatly suppressed TC genesis. By extending the analysis back to 1951， Zhao et al. （2016） found that the relationship between SSTG and the number of WNP TCs was statistically signifcant only after the mid-1970s，due to infuences from decadal shifts in the SST pattern in the central and eastern equatorial Pacifc.

Figure 1. Climatology of MAM （March—May） SST （color shading；units: °C）， 850-hPa wind （vectors； units: m s-1）， and SLP （contours；units: hPa） during 1971—2010.

Huo et al. （2015） reported that spring NTA SST was signifcantly correlated with the number of WNP TCs during 1979—2012， and thus may be a new predictor. Their results suggested that remote teleconnection initiated from the Atlantic could afect WNP TC genesis signifcantly，by modulating key dynamic and thermodynamic conditions， with a lower number of WNP TCs during warm NTA years. Recently， other studies （Li et al. 2013； Yu， Li et al. 2015； Zhang et al. 2016） have also supported the idea of an important role played by Atlantic SST in infuencing WNP TC genesis. By extending the period to 1958—2012，Cao et al. （2016） found that the infuence of NTA SST on the number of WNP TCs was insignifcant before the late 1980s， due to weaker atmospheric responses to NTA SST anomalies.

Therefore， the following questions are yet to have been fully answered: Are there any relationships between these two predictors， or are they totally independent of one another？ And what are the main modulators for the interannual and interdecadal variability of the two SST predictors？ This paper compares the two SST predictors on both interannual and interdecadal timescales.

2. Data and methods

The numbers of WNP TCs in June—October during 1950—2013 were calculated using the TC data produced by the Shanghai Typhoon Institute of the China Meteorological Administration. To minimize subjectivity in identifying weak systems， only TCs with at least tropical storm intensity were included. Environmental variables were obtained from the NCEP—NCAR reanalysis （Kalnay et al. 1996）. SST data were from the ERSST analyses （Smith et al. 2008）.

The following climate indices were used: （1） the NTA SST index， defned as the area-averaged SST anomalies over （0°—25°N， 90°W—15°E）， following Huo et al. （2015）；（2） the SSTG index， defned as the diference between the SST over the SWP （40—20°S， 160°E—170°W） and that over the WWP （8—16°N， 125—165°E）， following Zhan， Wang， and Wen （2013）； （3） the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation （AMO） index， obtained from the Physical Sciences Division （http:// www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/data/timeseries/AMO/） and calculated as the detrended SST anomaly of the North Atlantic；（4） the Pacifc decadal oscillation （PDO） index， derived as the leading principal component of North Pacifc SST variability poleward of 20°N （http://research.jisao.washington. edu/pdo/PDO.latest）； （5） the Niño3.4 index to track ENSO，defned by SST anomalies over （5°S—5°N， 170—120°W）； and（6） eastern Pacifc （EP） and central Pacifc （CP） indices calculated using the regression-EOF method of Kao and Yu（2009） （http://www.ess.uci.edu/～yu/2OSC/）， to distinguish the EP and CP types of ENSO.

Following the method used in Wang and Lee （2009），interdecadal variability was obtained by performing a seven-year running mean on the detrended indices，and interannual variability was calculated by subtracting interdecadal signals from the detrended indices. We determined the statistical signifcance levels based on the two-tailed P values using a Student's t-test. To account for the reduction in the degrees of freedom for the running mean data， the efective degrees of freedom were calculated according to the method in Von Storch and Zwiers（1999） when estimating the signifcance of the correlation for the interdecadal time series.

3. Results

Note that the three key regions （NTA， WWP， and SWP） used to defne the two predictors are located near the subtropical highs （SHs） （Figure 1）: the southern fank of the northern Atlantic subtropical high （NASH） for the NTA and that of the WNP subtropical high （WNPSH） for the WWP， and the eastern side of the Australian high （AH） for the SWP. Thus， the SST variations in these three key regions might be infuenced by the SHs through changing ocean surface winds and evaporation.

During 1950—2013， signifcant warming trends could be observed in the NTA SST （Figure 2（a））. Meanwhile， no apparent trends were observed for SSTG， which might be due to the ofset efects of trends from the SWP and WWP. The number of WNP TCs showed a decreasing trend（Figure 2（e））， which may partly be associated with the NTA SST warming trend， considering the physical basis that a warming NTA could greatly suppress WNP TC genesis （e.g. Huo et al. 2015； Yu， Li et al. 2015）.

Figure 2. Time series of the （a—d） two predictors （NTA SST （northern tropical Atlantic SST； blue line） and SSTG （SST gradient between the southwestern Pacifc and western Pacifc warm pool； red line）） and （e—h） number of WNP （western North Pacifc） TCs （tropical cyclones）:（a， e） total variation； （b， f） detrended variation （linear trend removed）； （c， g） interdecadal variation； （d， h） interannual variation.

Table 1. Correlations between NTA SST， SSTG， and the number of WNP TCs during 1950—2013 and 1980—2013 for the total/detrended/interdecadal/interannual time series.

On the interdecadal timescales， the correlation coefcient （CC） between NTA SST and SSTG was insignifcant（CC = -0.008） during 1950—2013 （Table 1）. However， if only the period after 1980 （1980—2013） was considered，signifcant positive correlation （CC = 0.726） could be found. Before 1980， the CC between NTA SST and SSTG on the interdecadal timescales was -0.564， which was insignifcant at the 90% confdence level. The CCs with climate indices（Table 2） suggest that the interdecadal variability of NTA SST was signifcantly correlated with the AMO index； by contrast， SSTG was signifcantly anti-correlated with CP index on the interdecadal timescale. It is not surprising that the AMO could signifcantly modulate NTA SST， considering that the AMO is the leading mode of variability in the North Atlantic on the multidecadal timescale and that the NTA is a sub-domain of the North Atlantic. The infuences of CP El Niño on SSTG may occur through the pathway of modulating the WNPSH and AH. Previous studies have noted signifcant infuences of CP El Niño on the WNPSH（Paek et al. 2015） and Australian monsoon （Taschetto et al. 2010）. SSTs in the WWP and SWP could possibly be infuenced by changing surface winds and evaporation associated with WNPSH and AH variations triggered by CP El Niño. CP-type ENSO has occurred more frequently in recent decades， especially after the early 1990s， which is considered to be linked with the AMO phase change in the early 1990s （Yu， Kao et al. 2015）. Therefore， co-variation of NTA SST and SSTG on the interdecadal timescale could possibly have been induced when the AMO and the emergence of CP El Niño became linked in recent decades，as suggested by Yu， Kao et al. （2015）. The correlations between NTA SST and SSTG on the interdecadal timescale were weak before 1980， which might be due to the weaker linkage between the AMO and CP El Niño in the earlier decades.

During the whole period of 1950—2013， the interdecadal variability of the number of WNP TCs was anti-correlated with that of SSTG （CC = -0.627）， while the CC of the number of WNP TCs with NTA SST was insignifcant（CC = -0.178） （Table 1）. These results indicate that SSTGwas better correlated with the number of WNP TCs than NTA SST on interdecadal timescales. If the recent period of 1980—2013 was considered， both NTA SST and SSTG had signifcant anti-correlations with the number of WNP TCs，consistent with the co-variability of NTA SST and SSTG on the interdecadal timescale after 1980， as discussed above. Before 1980， only SSTG was signifcantly related to the interdecadal variability of the number of WNP TCs， while no signifcant correlation could be found for NTA SST.

Table 2. Correlations between the two predictors （NTA SST and SSTG） and simultaneous climatic indices （PDO， AMO， Niño3.4， CP El Niño， and EP El Niño） on interdecadal timescales during 1950—2013.

Table 3. Correlations between the two predictors （NTA SST and SSTG） and preceding winter （DJF） Niño indices （Niño3.4， CP El Niño， and EP El Niño） on the interannual timescale during 1950—2013.

Figure 3. Seventeen-year running correlations （e.g. the value in 1980 representing the correlation coefcient for 1980—1996）between （a） NTA SST （northern tropical Atlantic SST） and SSTG（SST gradient between the southwestern Pacifc and western Pacifc warm pool）， and （b） the two predictors （NTA SST and SSTG）and the number of WNP （western North Pacifc） TCs （tropical cyclones） based on the time series on the interannual timescale.

On the interannual timescale， signifcant variations could be observed in both SSTG and NTA SST （Figure 2（d））. But what controlled the interannual variability of SSTG and NTA SST？ Previous studies suggest that the preceding winter ENSO could signifcantly modulate NTA SST（e.g. Enfeld and Mayer 1997； Wang 2005）. However， no detailed investigation for SSTG variability has been carried out. Accordingly， we examined the relationship between the preceding winter ENSO， which is the dominant leading interannual mode， and the interannual variations of SSTG and NTA SST （Table 3）. The CC between NTA SST and preceding winter Niño3.4 index was 0.799， confrming the signifcant infuence of El Niño on NTA SST， as suggested in previous studies. But how did ENSO infuence NTA SST？Two possible pathways were considered: one was via the Pacifc—North America （PNA） teleconnection pattern， and the other via the Walker and Hadley circulations （WHC）transferring the Pacifc SST signals to the Atlantic sector（Wang 2005）. Both PNA and WHC anomalies triggered by El Niño could infuence the NASH， and further modulate NTA SST by changing ocean surface winds and heat fuxes. To better distinguish diferent types of El Niño， CP and EP indices were examined. Results indicated signifcant correlation between NTA SST and CP index （CC = 0.723）， but no signifcant correlations with EP index （Table 3）. These results suggest that NTA SST may be more infuenced by CP El Niño than EP El Niño.

The correlation between NTA SST and SSTG on the interannual timescale was not stationary （Figure 3（a））. No signifcant correlation between NTA SST and SSTG on the interannual timescale could be found before 1987， while signifcantly positive CCs above the 99% confdence level existed after 1988. So why were there diferent relationships between the two predictors in the earlier period（1950—1987； hereafter， P1） and the recent period （1988—2013； hereafter， P2）？ To answer this question， regressions of SST and 850-hPa winds with respect to NTA SST and SSTG were examined during P1 and P2 （Figure 4）. During P2，both SSTG and NTA SST warming seemed to be associated with the decaying of CP El Niño， with signifcant cold SST anomalies in the CP during June—August （JJA） （Figure 4（i）and （l）） preceded by signifcant CP warming during the preceding December—February （DJF） （Figure 4（g） and （j））. The association with the decaying CP El Niño was considered to induce the co-variability of NTA SST and SSTG during P2， as observed in Figure 3（a）. During P1， diferent modulating processes were found. The increase of SSTG was linked to the development of EP cooling （Figure 4（b）and （c））， while NTA SST warming was associated with the decay of CP warming （Figure 4（d）—（f））. The cold SST anomalies in the CP were very weak in JJA during P1 （Figure 4（f）），suggesting a slower decaying of CP warming during P1 compared with that during P2 （Figure 4（l））. Diferent types of ENSO evolutionary processes were found for SSTG and NTA SST warming during P1， so no signifcant co-variability between them could be found due to diferent modulating processes. To better represent the evolutionary processof diferent types of ENSO， we defned a CP （EP） evolution index using the diference of JJA CP （EP） index and preceding DJF CP （EP） index. During P2， signifcant negative correlations were found between the CP evolution index （CPEI） and the two predictors （Table 4）. By contrast，during P1， the EP evolution index （EPEI） was signifcantly anti-correlated with SSTG， while CPEI was closely associated with NTA SST. These correlation analyses support the conclusions obtained from the above regression analysis；that is， diferent Pacifc El Niño evolutionary processes may have modulated the interannual variability of SSTG during P1 and P2. The center of the warm anomaly associated with El Niño events has moved from the EP to the CP in recent decades （e.g. Lee and McPhaden 2010）. The factor modulating SSTG varies from the EP in P1 to the CP in P2，which might have been partly due to the more frequent occurrence of CP El Niño in recent decades. However， the details of the processes and mechanisms underpinning the changes of the EP/CP infuences on SSTG have not been fully understood， and thus need to be investigated further in the future.

Figure 4. Regressions of SST anomalies （color shading； units: °C） and 850-hPa winds （vectors； units: m s-1） with respect to spring SSTG（SST gradient between the southwestern Pacifc and western Pacifc warm pool； left panels） and NTA SST （northern tropical Atlantic SST；right panels） from the preceding DJF （December—February） to the following JJA （June—August） during （a—f） P1 and （g—l） P2.

Table 4. Correlations of the two predictors （NTA SST and SSTG）with CPEI and EPEI on the interannual timescale during P1 （1950—87） and P2 （1988—2013）.

By comparing the regressed wind anomalies （Figure 4）and climatological mean winds （Figure 1）， information on the variation of ocean surface heat fuxes due to wind speed change can be inferred. In the NTA， signifcant westerly wind anomalies from the preceding DJF to MAM（Figure 4（d）， （e）， （j）， and （k）） decreased the climatological easterly wind， and thus likely further contributed to NTA SST warming by reducing evaporation. Analysis of local surface heat fux （e.g. Enfeld and Mayer 1997） supports the dominant role played by surface wind changes in modulating NTA SST variations. Conversely， easterly wind anomalies in the WWP （Figure 4（e）， （h）， and （k）） increased the mean easterly winds， possibly generating SST cooling in this region by increasing evaporation. The wind anomalies in these two regions were likely closely associated with the change in intensity of the NASH and WNPSH， which were mainly triggered by El Niño. For the SWP， almost no signifcant wind anomalies were observed （Figure 4（b） and（h））， suggesting that SST anomalies may not have been dominantly forced by ocean surface fuxes. Ocean dynamic processes （i.e. ocean advection） may play more important roles in SST variation in the SWP. A detailed investigation of the ocean heat budget is needed in future work to reveal the full physical processes involved.

Next， we examined the relationships between the number of WNP TCs and the two predictors on the interannual timescale （Figure 3（b））. The correlations were not stationary. SSTG was signifcantly anti-correlated with the number of WNP TCs after the mid-1970s， but insignifcantly before — consistent with the fndings of Zhao et al. （2016）. By contrast， NTA SST was signifcantly anti-correlated with the number of WNP TCs after the early 1960s， but insignificantly before. Chen et al. （2015） also suggested an intensifed impact of tropical Atlantic SST on the WNP summer climate under a weakened Atlantic thermohaline circulation after the 1960s. However， Cao et al. （2016） found that the infuence of NTA SST on the number of WNP TCs was signifcant after the late 1980s. The diferences in these results are mainly due to the diferent datasets and analysis methods used. In Cao et al. （2016）， only long-term trends were removed from the data， which included both interannual and interdecadal variations. However， only variation on the interannual timescale was considered in our study. Due to weak correlations between NTA SST and the number of WNP TCs on the interdecadal timescale before 1980 （Table 1）， an analysis including the interdecadal signals would substantially reduce the CC between NTA SST and the number of WNP TCs， especially before 1980， as in the results of Cao et al. （2016）. Our results suggest that NTA SST could be signifcantly anti-correlated with the number of WNP TCs after the early 1960s if only the interannual signals are considered （excluding interdecadal signals）. Another major diference is that TCs in the South China Sea （SCS） were not considered in Cao et al. （2016）， while all TCs in the WNP， including the SCS，were analyzed in our study. During P2， both NTA SST and SSTG showed an enhanced association with the number of WNP TCs， as compared with the situation during P1. As discussed above， both NTA SST and SSTG tended to vary at almost the same pace during P2， due to the modulation by CP El Niño. These results suggest that the co-variability of NTA and SSTG may increase their prediction skill with respect to the number of WNP TCs after the late 1980s， with enhanced correlations between them. Signifcant lowlevel anticyclonic atmospheric circulation anomalies were observed over the WNP in JJA during P2 （Figure 4（i） and（l））， which were considered to be associated with signifcant cold SST anomalies in the CP at the same time. These low-level anticyclonic anomalies were unfavorable for TC genesis and could have greatly reduced WNP TC numbers. Therefore， a strong association with signifcantly negative CCs could be observed between the number of WNP TCs and the two predictors during P2. The co-variation of thetwo predictors was considered to be able to contribute cooperatively to low-level anticyclonic anomalies over the WNP. The anticyclonic circulation anomalies over the WNP during P1were much weaker compared with those during P2， which would have greatly weakened the correlations between the number of WNP TCs and the two predictors before the late 1980s.

4. Conclusion

We compared two predictors （SSTG and NTA SST） and their relationships with the number of WNP TCs on both interannual and interdecadal timescales， with the aim to better understand and predict WNP TC occurrence.

On interdecadal timescales， NTA SST was closely associated with AMO index， while SSTG was negatively correlated with CP index. A certain degree of in-phase association between the interdecadal variability of NTA SST and SSTG tended to exist after 1980， which may have been induced by the linkage between the AMO and the emergence of CP El Niño in recent decades， as suggested by Yu， Kao et al. （2015）. SSTG showed better correlation than NTA SST with the number of WNP TCs on interdecadal timescales.

On the interannual timescale， variations of NTA SST and SSTG were modulated by two types of El Niño. After the late 1980s， both NTA SST and SSTG warming were closely associated with the decay of CP El Niño， giving rise to co-variability of the two predictors. Before the late 1980s， although NTA SST warming was driven by CP El Niño， SSTG warming changed to become associated with EP La Niña development. Thus， there were no signifcant correlations between NTA SST and SSTG before the late 1980s due to diferent modulating processes. NTA SST was signifcantly correlated with the number of WNP TCs beginning from the early 1960s； by contrast， SSTG was signifcantly correlated with the number of WNP TCs after the mid-1970s. The co-variability of NTA SST and SSTG increased their prediction skill with respect to WNP TC numbers after the late 1980s， with enhanced correlation between the number of WNP TCs and the two predictors.

The variations of the two predictors were found to have possibly been infuenced， to a considerable extent， by the various SHs. These SHs might induce SST anomalies by changing ocean wind speeds and evaporation， and the subsequently generated SST anomalies might then further infuence the SHs via atmospheric responses to underlying SST anomalies （e.g. Wang， Xiang， and Lee 2013）. These air—sea interactions between SHs （NASH， WNPSH， and AH） and SSTs in the three key regions （NTA， WWP， and SWP） need to be investigated further in future work.

Disclosure statement

No potential confict of interest was reported by the author.

Funding

This work was funded by the Guangdong Natural Science Foundation ［grant number 2015A030313796］； the National Natural Science Foundation of China ［grant numbers 41205026，41476009， 41476010］； the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences ［grant number XDA11010104］； the National Program on Global Change and Air-Sea Interaction ［grant number GASI-IPOVAI-04］； the Knowledge Innovation Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences［grant number SQ201208］.

ORCiD

WANG Lei http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9015-5422

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