Seasonal Predictability of Typhoon Activity Using an Atmospheric General Circulation Model and Observed Sea Surface Temperature Data

대기 대순환 모헝과 해수면 온도 관측 자료를 이용한 태풍 활동의 계절 예측 가능성

  • Han, Ji-Young (School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University) ;
  • Baik, Jong-Jin (School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University)
  • 한지영 (서울대학교 지구환경과학부) ;
  • 백종진 (서울대학교 지구환경과학부)
  • Published : 2006.12.30

Abstract

The seasonal predictability of typhoon activity over the western North Pacific is investigated using an atmospheric general circulation model GCPS. A ten-member ensemble with different initial conditions is integrated for five months using observed sea surface temperature data for each year from 1979 to 2003. It is shown that the monthly variation of occurrence frequency of simulated tropical storms and the distribution of tropical storm genesis location are similar to those of observed tropical storms, but the model is unable to reliably predict the interannual variation of the occurrence frequency of tropical storms. This is largely because the observed relationship between tropical storm occurrence frequency and ENSO is different from the simulated one. Unlike the observation, in which the tropical storm occurrence frequency has no relation to ENSO, the model has a tendency to generate more (less) tropical storms than normal during El Nino (La Nina). On the other hand, the interannual variation of the mean longitude of tropical storms that shows a close connection with ENSO in both observations and simulations is simulated similar to the observation.

대기 대순환 모형인 GCPS를 이용하여 북서태평양에서의 태풍 활동의 계절 예측 가능성을 조사하였다. 1979년부터 2003년까지 각 해에 대해 해수면 온도 관측 자료를 사용하여 5개월간 초기 조건을 달리한 10개의 앙상블 멤버를 적분하였다. 모형은 발생 빈도의 평균적인 월변화 경향과 발생 분포를 관측과 유사하게 모의하였으나, 발생 빈도의 경년 변화는 신빙성 있게 예측하지 못하였다. 이는 관측과 모형간 태풍 발생 빈도와 ENSO의 상관성 차이에 인한 것으로 실제 태풍 발생 빈도와 ENSO가 뚜렷한 상관 관계를 갖지 않는 것과 달리, 모형에서는 엘니뇨 시기에 평년에 비해 많은 태풍이 발생하고 라니냐 시기에 평년에 비해 적은 태풍이 발생하는 경향을 보였기 때문이다. 반면에, 관측과 모형 모두 ENSO와의 상관 관계가 높게 나타난 태풍 발생 경도의 경우에는 모형이 발생 경도의 경년 변화를 관측과 유사하게 모의하였다.

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