Characterization of tropical cyclone rapid intensification under two types of El Niño events in the Western North Pacific

This study investigates the impacts of two different El Niño scenarios, the east Pacific warming El Niño (EPW) and the central Pacific warming El Niño (CPW), on the tropical cyclone (TC) rapid intensification (RI) in the western North Pacific (WNP). The ratio of TCs with at least one RI occurrence (RITC) to all TC numbers (RITC ratio) shows different monthly variations between the two El Niño groups. Higher RITC ratio is found during...