Influence of ENSO Event on the Maintenance of Pacific Storm Track in the Northern Winter

An influence of ENSO event on the maintenance of Pacific storm track in the Northern winter is stu-died based on the NCEP/ NCAR daily re-analysis data. The result shows that in El Ni?o (La Ni?a) year an increase (decrease) of baroclinicity over the storm track, extension (withdrawal) eastward and southward (westward but northward for its east end) of its position and augmentation (debilitation) of its strength are closely in response to the enhancement (abatement) of eddy heat flux and momentum flux that are associ-ated with the development of the storm track. It thus indicates that ENSO event exerts an important impact on its maintenance and development in the Pacific Ocean.