Typhoon Airborne Observational Field Campaigns in the Western North Pacific: Successes and Future Prospects
Available online 11 November 2025
An overview of tropical cyclone (TC) observational field campaigns across the globe is provided, with an emphasis on field campaigns in the Western North Pacific basin. A history of airborne experiments...
Typhoon Odette (Rai): Rapid Intensification, Devastation, and Lessons for Resilient Recovery in the Philippines
Available online 8 November 2025
The study explored how Typhoon Odette developed, what made it so powerful, and how it deeply affected the lives of millions of Filipinos, disrupting homes, livelihoods, infrastructure, agriculture,...
Importance of short interval (six hour) intensity changes in understanding the Rapid intensification/weakening trends of tropical cyclones
Available online 8 November 2025
The intensity of tropical cyclones (TCs) varies at different rates throughout their life cycle. Among them, rapid intensification (RI, intensity change ≥ 30 knots/24 hr) and rapid weakening (RW, intensity...
Objective identification method for tropical cyclone landfall information
Available online 8 November 2025
Compiling long-term time-series datasets of landfalling tropical cyclones (TCs) is crucial for research on climate change of TC activities, especially under the background of global warming. In this...
Tropical Cyclone Seroja's Aftermath: Flash Flood Inundation Modeling and Recovery Efforts in Rural Coastal Lembata, East Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia
Available online 8 November 2025
As the risk of adverse impacts from tropical cyclones increases globally, more people and assets are being exposed to the potential damage they may cause. However, not much is known about the processes...
The slab boundary layer model for a translating vortex revisited
Available online 8 November 2025
The dynamics of the slab boundary layer model for a translating vortex are re-examined in the light of the continued relevance of this model as a benchmark for understanding the flow asymmetries in...
Characteristics and Near-Landfall Behavior of Tropical Cyclones Affecting the Philippines (1979–2024)
Available online 5 November 2025
The Philippines is one of the most frequently affected countries by tropical cyclones (TCs), yet key questions remain about how storm behavior evolves as they enter national warning domains. In this...
Preliminary Assessment of MPAS-A Ensemble Tropical Cyclone Forecasting Skill in the East China Sea: A Case Study over Zhejiang and Adjacent Offshore Waters
Available online 5 November 2025
This study provides a preliminary evaluation of the ensemble forecasting capabilities of the Model for Prediction Across Scales-Atmosphere (MPAS-A) for tropical cyclones (TCs) affecting Zhejiang Province...
The Role of Oceanic Parameters in Genesis Potential Indices for Enhancing Tropical Cyclogenesis Forecasting in Bay of Bengal
Available online 5 November 2025
This study presents an advanced approach for forecasting tropical cyclone genesis, a critical component of disaster preparedness and mitigation for coastal regions prone to extreme weather events. Unlike...
Verification of Artificial Intelligence Models on Tropical Cyclone Forecasting over the Western North Pacific and the South China Sea in 2024
Available online 4 November 2025
This study verifies the performance of Artificial Intelligence Weather Prediction (AIWP) models in forecasting the track and intensity of tropical cyclones (TCs) over the western North Pacific and the...
Use of FY-3G PMR to analyze precipitation and microphysics of Typhoon Yagi (No. 2411) in rapid intensification
Available online 4 November 2025
This study investigates the precipitation and cloud characteristics during the rapid intensification (RI) of Typhoon Yagi (No. 2411) using an observation at 11:00 UTC on September 4, 2024 from the Precipitation...
Application of stream function in tracking a quasi-closed circulation and its characteristics in developing and non-developing tropical cyclones over the North Indian Ocean
September 2025
A precise understanding and prediction of tropical cyclone (TC) genesis remains one of the fundamental objectives for the meteorological community. Monitoring would be much easier if we could anticipate...
A microwave-based machine learning approach for predicting eyewall replacement cycles
September 2025
Eyewall replacement cycles (ERCs) greatly increase the destructive potential of tropical cyclones (TCs) by affecting the maximum wind speed, wind field size, and storm surge severity while simultaneously...
Parameterization of boundary layer height based on helicity and its application in tropical cyclone numerical simulation
September 2025
This study introduces a helicity-based parameterization method for determining the planetary boundary layer (PBL) height to better capture the complex dynamics of the tropical cyclone (TC) boundary...
Research progress on the influence of water vapor on tropical cyclone intensity
September 2025
The intensity changes of tropical cyclones (TCs) are a key focus in TC research community and pose significant challenges for operational forecasting. Water vapor plays a crucial role in the variations...
Forecasting the frequency and magnitude of hurricanes in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, in the period from 2025 to 2034 using convolutional neural networks (CNNs), Long Short-Term Memory networks (LSTMs) and statistical models
September 2025
Climate change has significantly increased the frequency and severity of extreme weather events, a trend recognized under the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 13: Climate Action. This study...
Review of artificial intelligence application in typhoon forecasting
September 2025
As global climate warming intensifies, the frequency and intensity of typhoon (tropical cyclone) have become increasingly uncertain, posing significant challenges to human society. Traditional typhoon...
Analysis of tropical cyclone eye over the North Indian Ocean during 2013–2023
September 2025
This study examines the tropical cyclone (TC) eyes over the North Indian Ocean (NIO) from 2013 to 2023. TCs feature a warm and cloud-free region called the eye. In recent years, meteorologists have...
On the physics of a new time-dependent theory of tropical cyclone intensification
September 2025
Recent studies (Wang et al. 2021; Li et al. 2024) propose a new time-dependent theory for tropical cyclone intensification. Here, we examine the physics of this new theory and point out that intensification...
The influence of El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) on the characteristics of tropical cyclones in Indonesia waters
September 2025
Indonesia, bordered by the Indian and Pacific Oceans, is influenced by tropical cyclone (TC) activity and phenomena such as the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD). This...
Response of aquatic organisms as an eco-biotic indicator with response to cyclonic intervention in the large river system: A case study of river Ganga, India, during cyclone YAAS
September 2025
Cyclonic interferences can adversely affect the riverine ecology and ecological niche of many aquatic organisms. The present study evaluates the impact of the cyclonic storm “Yaas” on the different...
From vulnerability to resilience: Addressing the causes, impacts, and solutions for recurrent flash floods in the Philippines
September 2025
The Philippines is among the most disaster-prone nations. Its islands are frequently hit by floods, typhoons, landslides, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and droughts due to their location along major...
Typhoon science meets artificial intelligence: A roundtable on bridging physics-based and data-driven paradigms
September 2025
This paper summarizes the ‘Artificial Intelligence (AI) + Typhoon’ session and a subordinated roundtable forum at the 21st China National Workshop on Tropical Cyclones (NWTC-XXI, 16–18 April. 2025,...
Challenges in forecasting super typhoon Yagi (2024)
September 2025
Yagi (2024) is another super typhoon that made landfall in 2024 in Wenchang, Hainan, following Rammasun (2014), with its destructive power setting a new historical record for typhoon disasters in Hainan....
Recent increase in the number of Super Typhoons in the Philippines
Available online 11 September 2025
The negative impacts of tropical cyclones (TCs) on the Philippines’ socioeconomic development continue to rise, despite previous reports indicating a decline in the annual number of TCs within the Philippine...