Relationship between Teleconnection Pattern and Winter Wave Climate around Japan

Abstract

The long-term change of waves is known to have some kind of relation with the climate change. In order to project long-term wave change due to climate change requires the understanding of the relationship between wave climate and teleconnection pattern since climate variability has strong relations with teleconnection behavior. This study examined the influence of teleconnection on winter wave climate around Japan. The Western Pacific (WP) pattern has the most important effect on waves over the region. Under future global warming climate, the trend of WP would shift to positive, which indicates wave height reduction around Japan.