Role of submonthly disturbance and 40-50 day ISO on the extreme rainfall event associated with Typhoon Morakot (2009) in Southern Taiwan

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History Of Geophysics: Atmospheric Sciences, Global Change: Climate Variability (1635, 3305, 3309, 4215, 4513), Global Change: Climate Dynamics (0429, 3309), Biogeosciences: Climate Dynamics (1620), Mathematical Geophysics: Wavelet Transform (3255, 4455)

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Typhoon Morakot that made landfall on Taiwan during 7-9 August 2009 caused record-breaking rainfall in Southern Taiwan and nearly 700 deaths from mudslides. It was the most severe natural disaster in Southern Taiwan caused by a typhoon in 50 years. Different from typical typhoon cases, characterized by an isolated vortex, Typhoon Morakot was embedded in a large-scale convection region with monsoon circulation of different time scales in the tropical western North Pacific. Morakot's landing on Taiwan occurred concurrently with the arrival of a large-scale cyclonic circulation in a submonthly wave pattern (10-30-day) during the cyclonic phase of the 40-50-day intraseasonal oscillation. It is suggested that the abundant moisture supply from the southwesterly embedded in the multiscale large-scale circulation and the topographic lifting effect of steep terrain resulted in the record-breaking rainfall in Southern Taiwan.

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