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

Table 1

List of designed experiments.

Experiment	Name	Remarks
1	CNTR	The initial MSLP used in the vortex initialization procedure of Saomai and Bopha is 967 hPa and 991 hPa, respectively
2	Bopha_rm	As CNTR, but remove Bopha vortex
3	Bopha_wk	As CNTR, but the vortex initialization procedure is not used in Bopha vortex.
4	Bopha_str	As CNTR, but with MSLP of Bopha 967 hPa