Fig. 5: Schematic diagram showing the mechanisms of TC decline over the WNP influenced by three tropical oceans in SON 2023. | npj Climate and Atmospheric Science

Fig. 5: Schematic diagram showing the mechanisms of TC decline over the WNP influenced by three tropical oceans in SON 2023.

From: Unusual role of positive Indian Ocean Dipole in the record-low tropical cyclone genesis over the Western North Pacific in 2023

Fig. 5

Blue arrows represent easterly wind related to the tropical Atlantic. Golden arrows represent easterly wind related to the Indian Ocean. Green and brown shading indicates positive and negative precipitation anomalies, respectively. Red and blue shading, respectively, indicates warm and cool SST anomalies.

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