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Sudden Surface Warming/Drying Events Caused By Typhoon Passages Across Taiwan, T. C. Chen, Shih-Yu (Simon) Wang, M. C. Yen, A. J. Clark, J. D. Tsay
Sudden Surface Warming/Drying Events Caused By Typhoon Passages Across Taiwan, T. C. Chen, Shih-Yu (Simon) Wang, M. C. Yen, A. J. Clark, J. D. Tsay
Plants, Soils, and Climate Faculty Publications
Typhoon passages across Taiwan can generate sudden surface warming in downslope regions. Special characteristics and mechanisms for 54 such warming events that were identified during the 1961–2007 period are examined. Preferred warming regions were identified in northwest Taiwan, where warming is generated by downslope flow from east or northeast winds in westward-moving typhoons, and in southeast Taiwan, where it is generated by downslope flow from west or northwest winds in northwestward-moving typhoons. In addition to the orographic effect, warmings occurred exclusively within nonprecipitation zones of typhoons. Most northwest (southeast) warmings occur during the day (night) with an average lifetime of …