A diagnostic study of cyclogenesis in the western North Pacific Ocean

Abstract

The phenomenon of explosive cyclogenesis is studied from the perspective of the synoptic-scale framework within which various intensities of maximum 24-h pressure falls are occurring. This study is accomplished with a construction of composite groups of cyclones that have experienced similar maximum intensification rates within a specified 5° latitude-longitude geographical domain over the Kuroshio Current in the western North Pacific Ocean. An examination of diagnostics computed from the composite fields of geopotential height and temperature reveals several trends. -from Authors