Study highlights growing threat of intense tropical cyclones hitting East Asia Details Alert sent: No Sites: PH AH Publish date: Thu 2014-Jan-16 Channel: Industry Text (summary): The intensity of tropical cyclones hitting East Asia has significantly increased over the past 30 years, according to a new study published today. The coastlines of China, Korea and Japan in particular have experienced increasingly stronger cyclones, which the researchers have attributed to increasing sea surface temperatures and a change in atmospheric circulation patterns over the coastal seas. According to the study, the changes in sea surface temperature and wind flows meant that cyclones were more likely to track along coastal seas from the South China Sea upwards, meaning that by the time the cyclones hit the north-east coast of Asia they had gathered more energy than usual and were at their maximum intensity. The study, which has been published today, 16 January, in IOP Publishing’s journal Environmental Research Letters, involved an analysis of five separate data sets that documented the evolution of tropical cyclones across the north-west Pacific between 1977 and 2010. Read more: esciencenews.com [English Locations Location Coordinates Zoom Relevance Show on map China 35°N 105°E 0.364 Taiwan 24°N 121°E 0.313 Vietnam 16.1667°N 107.833°E 0.302 South Korea 36.5°N 127.75°E 0.297 Discovery Discoveries: Discovery method: Robot discovered Source: e! Science news – breaking science news URL: http://esciencenews.com/articles/2014/01/15/study.highlights.growing.threat.intense.tropical.cyclone… Original language: English Original title: Study highlights growing threat of intense tropical cyclones hitting East Asia Original text (summary): The intensity of tropical cyclones hitting East Asia has significantly increased over the past 30 years, according to a new study published today. The coastlines of China, Korea and Japan in particular have experienced increasingly stronger cyclones, which the researchers have attributed to increasing sea surface temperatures and a change in atmospheric circulation patterns over the coastal seas. According to the study, the changes in sea surface temperature and wind flows meant that cyclones were more likely to track along coastal seas from the South China Sea upwards, meaning that by the time the cyclones hit the north-east coast of Asia they had gathered more energy than usual and were at their maximum intensity. The study, which has been published today, 16 January, in IOP Publishing’s journal Environmental Research Letters, involved an analysis of five separate data sets that documented the evolution of tropical cyclones across the north-west Pacific between 1977 and 2010.
