Chukchi Sea Storm Densities Derived From Various Storm Idenfication Algorithms

The identification of a storm is not always straightforward. Depending on the application, a storm means different things to different research groups. Even within a discipline, definitions are not uniform but can utilize a variety of indicator parameters. In this paper, for the vicinity of the Chukchi Sea, storm counts per unit area, or storm densities, are extracted from three, existing datasets of storm occurrences, each of which was constructed separately based on different parameters: windspeed, relative vorticity, and mean sea level pressure. Aggregate summaries and comparisons over time are presented for the 1979-2002 period.