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The 2002–03 Australian region cyclone season included Cyclone Inigo, which tied Cyclone Gwenda in 1999 as the most intense tropical cyclone on record in the Australian basin. It began on 1 November 2002 and ended on 30 April 2003. The regional tropical cyclone operational plan also defines a ''tropical cyclone year'' separately from a ''tropical cyclone season'', which runs from 1 July 2002 to 30 June 2003. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Australian region, which is defined as in the southern hemisphere between 90°E and 180°E. The season's ten tropical depressions existed within these dates, with the first, designated as Tropical Cyclone 07S, entering the basin on 27 December 2002. The last system, Cyclone Epi, dissipated on 6 June 2003. Tropical cyclones in this area were monitored by four Tropical Cyclone Warning Centres (TCWCs): the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) in Perth, Darwin, and Brisbane and one in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. Tropical cyclogenesis in the season began when a tropical low developed in the Arafura Sea on 5 January and last until 24 January, after meandering over northern and Western Australia. On 1 February, weakening Cyclone Beni entered the Australian region and brought severe flooding to Queensland, before dissipating on 5 February. Severe Tropical Cyclone Fiona formed north of Western Australia on 3 February and later peaked as a Category 4 severe tropical cyclone on the Australian tropical cyclone intensity scale. Cyclone Graham developed offshore Western Australia on 24 February and made landfall in a rural area of that state on 28 February, producing flooding in the area. Tropical Cyclone Harriet existed offshore of Western Australia from 1 March to 11 March. On 1 March, Cyclone Erica formed offshore Queensland and strengthened as it moved in a parabolic path, before leaving the Australian region on 12 March. Erica caused only minor damage in Queensland. Cyclone Craig originated offshore Northern Territory on 8 March. The system subsequently struck the territory and eventually made another landfall in Queensland on 12 March, after crossing the Gulf of Carpentaria. Impact from Craig was generally minor. Cyclone Inigo formed on 30 March and caused severe impact in Indonesia, especially in Flores, Sumba, and West Timor. Inigo later deepened into the most intense tropical cyclone on record in the Australian region, tied with Cyclone Gwenda in 1999. Inigo weakened significantly before striking Western Australia on 8 April and dissipating shortly thereafter. The final system, Tropical Cyclone Epi developed east of Papua New Guinea on 5 June and dissipated on the following day. Overall, the tropical cyclones of this season caused 60 deaths and about $12 million (2003 USD) in damage. ==Seasonal Summary== ImageSize = width:800 height:200 PlotArea = top:10 bottom:80 right:20 left:20 Legend = columns:3 left:30 top:58 columnwidth:270 AlignBars = early DateFormat = dd/mm/yyyy Period = from:01/12/2002 till:01/07/2003 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal ScaleMinor = grid:black unit:month increment:1 start:01/12/2002 Colors = id:canvas value:gray(0.88) id:GP value:red id:DI value:rgb(0.5,0.8,1) legend:Tropical_Disturbance id:TD value:rgb(0.38,0.73,1) legend:Tropical_Depression id:C1 value:rgb(0,0.98,0.96) legend:Category_1_=_63-87_km/h_(39-54_mph) id:C2 value:rgb(0.80,1,1) legend:Category_2_=_88-142_km/h_(55-74_mph) id:C3 value:rgb(1,1,0.80) legend:Category_3_=_143-158-km/h_(75-98_mph) id:C4 value:rgb(1,0.76,0.25) legend:Category_4_=_159-204_km/h_(99-127_mph) id:C5 value:rgb(1,0.38,0.38) legend:Category_5_=_≥205_km/h_(≥128_mph) Backgroundcolors = canvas:canvas BarData = barset:Hurricane bar:Month PlotData= barset:Hurricane width:11 align:left fontsize:S shift:(4,-4) anchor:till from:27/12/2002 till:03/01/2003 color:TD text:"07S" from:05/01/2003 till:24/01/2003 color:C2 text:"Unnamed" from:01/02/2003 till:05/02/2003 color:C1 text:"Beni" from:03/02/2003 till:08/02/2003 color:TD text:"Isha" from:03/02/2003 till:13/02/2003 color:C3 text:"Fiona" barset:break from:24/02/2003 till:01/03/2003 color:C2 text:"Graham" from:01/03/2003 till:11/03/2003 color:C1 text:"Harriet" from:01/03/2003 till:12/03/2003 color:C3 text:"Erica" from:08/03/2003 till:13/03/2003 color:C2 text:"Craig" from:30/03/2003 till:08/04/2003 color:C5 text:"Inigo" barset:break from:05/06/2003 till:06/06/2003 color:C2 text:"Epi" barset:break bar:Month width:6 align:center fontsize:S shift:(0,-20) anchor:middle color:canvas from:01/12/2002 till:31/12/2002 text:December from:01/01/2003 till:31/01/2003 text:January from:01/02/2003 till:28/02/2003 text:February from:01/03/2003 till:31/03/2003 text:March from:01/04/2003 till:30/04/2003 text:April from:01/05/2003 till:01/06/2003 text:May from:01/06/2003 till:01/07/2003 text:June TextData = pos:(569,23) text:"(For further details, please see" pos:(713,23) text:"scales)" The season began on 1 November 2002 and ended on 30 April 2003, while the regional tropical cyclone operational plan also defines a ''tropical cyclone year'' from 1 July 2002 to 30 June 2003. Eight cyclones entered or formed in the Australian region, which was below the 1970-71 to 2001-02 average of 13 per season. There was a major shift in tropical cyclone activity from the Australian region to the South Pacific, because of a moderate El Niño event. Only two cyclones occurred between 125°E and 150°E, which is east of Australia, and six formed between 150°E and 160°E. All of the tropical cyclone developed during Madden-Julian oscillation (MJO) pulses or Equatorial Rossby (ER) pulses. Overall, the tropical cyclones of this season resulted in 60 deaths and slightly less than $12 million in damage.〔〔〔〔 Activity began in December 2002, when Tropical Cyclone 07S entered the Australian region from the southwestern Indian Ocean basin on 27 December.〔 In January, an unnamed tropical cyclone existed for more than three weeks over the Arafura Sea, Northern Territory, and Western Australia.〔 The basin became more active in February, with South Pacific Cyclone Beni entering the area on 1 February. This was followed by the development of Fiona on 3 February and Graham on 24 February; both formed north of Western Australia.〔〔 Two tropical cyclones – Harriet and Erica – both originated on 1 March; the former developed northwest of Western Australia and the latter formed east of Queensland.〔 About a week later, 8 March, Cyclone Craig developed near the coast of Northern Territory.〔 The strongest tropical system of the season, Cyclone Inigo, originated over the Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia on 30 March. At peak intensity, Inigo had a minimum barometric pressure of , making the most intense tropical cyclone in the Australian region on record, tied with Cyclone Gwenda in 1999.〔 Activity remained dormant until the development of Cyclone Epi on 5 June, which dissipated on the following day.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2002–03 Australian region cyclone season」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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