supported by the typhoon research project (Grant No. 2009CB421503) of the National Basic Research Program of China;the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 41275093);the social commonwealth research program of the Ministry of Science;Technology of the People’s Republic of China (Grant No. GYHY200806009);the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (PAPD)
Monsoon gyres have been identified as one of the important large-scale circulation patterns associated with tropical cyclone (TC) formation in the western North Pacific.A recent observational analysis indicated that...