Tropical Cyclones in Season 15 and Region 'WPAC'
Data found for 29 storms

Year: 2015

2015 Region: WPAC (29 storms)

Name TC Season Region Storm Number Start Date End Date Duration
Atsani 15 WPAC 17 Aug. 13, 2015 Aug. 26, 2015 1 week, 6 days View
Bavi 15 WPAC 3 March 10, 2015 March 21, 2015 1 week, 4 days View
Champi 15 WPAC 25 Oct. 11, 2015 Oct. 25, 2015 2 weeks View
Chan-Hom 15 WPAC 9 June 27, 2015 July 12, 2015 2 weeks, 1 day View
Choi-Wan 15 WPAC 23 Sept. 30, 2015 Oct. 8, 2015 1 week, 1 day View
Dolphin 15 WPAC 7 June 20, 2015 June 21, 2015 1 day View
Dujuan 15 WPAC 21 Sept. 20, 2015 Sept. 29, 2015 1 week, 2 days View
Etau 15 WPAC 18 Sept. 5, 2015 Sept. 9, 2015 4 days View
Fourteen 15 WPAC 14 Aug. 1, 2015 Aug. 5, 2015 4 days View
Goni 15 WPAC 16 Aug. 11, 2015 Aug. 26, 2015 2 weeks, 1 day View
Haishen 15 WPAC 5 April 2, 2015 April 7, 2015 5 days View
Higos 15 WPAC 2 Feb. 5, 2015 Feb. 11, 2015 6 days View
In-Fa 15 WPAC 27 Nov. 15, 2015 Nov. 26, 2015 1 week, 4 days View
Koppu 15 WPAC 24 Oct. 11, 2015 Oct. 21, 2015 1 week, 3 days View
Krovanh 15 WPAC 20 Sept. 14, 2015 Sept. 20, 2015 6 days View
Kujira 15 WPAC 8 June 18, 2015 June 24, 2015 6 days View
Linfa 15 WPAC 10 June 30, 2015 July 10, 2015 1 week, 3 days View
Maysak 15 WPAC 4 March 24, 2015 April 6, 2015 1 week, 6 days View
Mekkhala 15 WPAC 1 Jan. 10, 2015 Jan. 19, 2015 1 week, 2 days View
Melor 15 WPAC 28 Dec. 9, 2015 Dec. 17, 2015 1 week, 1 day View
Molave 15 WPAC 15 Aug. 5, 2015 Aug. 14, 2015 1 week, 2 days View
Mujigae 15 WPAC 22 Sept. 29, 2015 Oct. 5, 2015 6 days View
Nangka 15 WPAC 11 June 30, 2015 July 18, 2015 2 weeks, 4 days View
Noul 15 WPAC 6 April 30, 2015 May 12, 2015 1 week, 5 days View
Soudelor 15 WPAC 13 July 27, 2015 Aug. 9, 2015 1 week, 6 days View
Twelve 15 WPAC 12 July 22, 2015 July 25, 2015 3 days View
Twentynine 15 WPAC 29 Dec. 12, 2015 Dec. 19, 2015 1 week View
Twentysix 15 WPAC 26 Oct. 19, 2015 Oct. 23, 2015 4 days View
Vamco 15 WPAC 19 Sept. 12, 2015 Sept. 13, 2015 1 day View

Data Sources

  • World Wide Lightning Location Network (WWLLN)
  • Satellite data and storm track data from the Naval Research Laboratory

    • How to Reference WWLLN-TC

    If you include data from this site in your research, please reference the WWLLN-TC Eos Project Update article:

    Solorzano, N. N., J. N. Thomas, and C. Bracy (2018), Monitoring tropical cyclones with lightning and satellite data, Eos, 99, https://doi.org/10.1029/2018EO092439 . Published on 19 February 2018.

    https://eos.org/project-updates/monitoring-tropical-cyclones-with-lightning-and-satellite-data

    Related References

  • Thomas, J. N., N. N. Solorzano, S. A. Cummer, and R. H. Holzworth (2010), Polarity and energetics of inner core lightning in three intense North Atlantic hurricanes, J. Geophys. Res., 115, A00E15, doi:10.1029/2009JA014777.
  • Solorzano, N. N., J. N. Thomas, and R. H. Holzworth, Global studies of tropical cyclones using the World Wide Lightning Location Network, Third Conf. on Meteo. Applic. of Lightning Data, New Orleans, LA, 2008.

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