Correlation between Tropical Cyclones' Activity in the West North Pacific and Precipitation (IMAGE)

CMCC Foundation - Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change

Correlation between Tropical Cyclones' Activity in the West North Pacific and Precipitation

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Correlation between the activity of tropical cyclones and precipitation over the region (left) and the reason behind: the tropical cyclones-induced meridional water transport (upper right, where red represents an eastward water transport and blue represents a westward water transport).

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