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Tropical cyclones are frequent visitors to the North and South Pacific Ocean. In the Southwest Pacific region (south of the equator from the east coast of Australia to French Polynesia), approximately eight cyclones occur on average each year during the tropical cyclone season, which runs from November to April inclusive. The variability in tropical cyclone occurrence is high, ranging from as few as two (e.g., 1990/91) to as many as eighteen (e.g., 1997/98). Much of this variability is attributed to the influence of the El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) phenomenon as the warm oceanic waters move eastward and contribute to more favourable formation conditions.
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Prasad, V., Koop, N.L. (2003). The Tropical Cyclone Warning System in the Southwest Pacific. In: Zschau, J., Küppers, A. (eds) Early Warning Systems for Natural Disaster Reduction. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-55903-7_24
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