{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["14(1)"],"submitter":["Feng X"],"pubmed_abstract":["Understanding and prediction of tropical cyclone (TC) activity on the medium range remains challenging. Here, we find that the pre-existing westward-moving equatorial waves can inform the risk of TC occurrence and intensification, based on a dataset obtained by synchronising objectively identified TCs and equatorial waves in a climate reanalysis. Globally, westward-moving equatorial waves can be precursors to 60-70% of pre-tropical cyclogenesis events, and to >80% of the events with the strongest vorticity, related to the favourable environmental conditions within the pouch of equatorial waves. We further find that when storms are in-phase with westward-moving equatorial waves, the intensification rate of TCs is augmented, whilst in other phases of the waves, storm intensity grows more slo"],"journal":["Nature communications"],"pagination":["511"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9889306"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Equatorial waves as useful precursors to tropical cyclone occurrence and intensification."],"pmcid":["PMC9889306"],"pubmed_authors":["Feng X","Methven J","Hodges KI","Yang GY"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Equatorial waves as useful precursors to tropical cyclone occurrence and intensification.","description":"Understanding and prediction of tropical cyclone (TC) activity on the medium range remains challenging. Here, we find that the pre-existing westward-moving equatorial waves can inform the risk of TC occurrence and intensification, based on a dataset obtained by synchronising objectively identified TCs and equatorial waves in a climate reanalysis. Globally, westward-moving equatorial waves can be precursors to 60-70% of pre-tropical cyclogenesis events, and to >80% of the events with the strongest vorticity, related to the favourable environmental conditions within the pouch of equatorial waves. We further find that when storms are in-phase with westward-moving equatorial waves, the intensification rate of TCs is augmented, whilst in other phases of the waves, storm intensity grows more slo","dates":{"release":"2023-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2023 Jan","modification":"2025-04-06T19:14:50.678Z","creation":"2025-04-06T19:14:50.678Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9889306","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36720876"],"doi":["10.1038/s41467-023-36055-5"]}}