Impact of Tropical Storm Bopha on the Intensity Change of Super Typhoon Saomai in the 2006 Typhoon Season

<table class="table-group" width="800px"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><img alt="487010.fig.006a" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/amete/volume-2013/487010/figures/487010.fig.006a.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(a) </b>CNTR (Saomai at 127.2°E, 24.3°N)</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><img alt="487010.fig.006b" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/amete/volume-2013/487010/figures/487010.fig.006b.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(b) </b>Bopha_rm (Saomai at 126.0°E, 24.3°N)</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="c"><td><img alt="487010.fig.006c" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/amete/volume-2013/487010/figures/487010.fig.006c.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(c) </b>Bopha_wk (Saomai at 127.0°E, 24.4°N)</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="d"><td><img alt="487010.fig.006d" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/amete/volume-2013/487010/figures/487010.fig.006d.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(d) </b>Bopha_str (Saomai at 127.5°E, 24.2°N)</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<table>Horizontal wind of the meridional vertical cross-sections along the Saomai center (m/s, shaded) at the intensifying stage for CNTR (a), Bopha_rm (b), Bopha_wk (c), and Bopha_str (d) at 0600 UTC 09 August, 2006.</table>

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Figure 6: Impact of Tropical Storm Bopha on the Intensity Change of Super Typhoon Saomai in the 2006 Typhoon Season 