Abstract:To assess the ability of Seoul National Atmospheric General Circulation Model(SNU-AGCM) AGCM in simulating the characteristics of tropical cyclones(TC1), the driven model of the observed monthly mean sea surface temperature data from Hadley Centre during 1980-2009 is used to simulate the characteristics of global TCs. Comparison with observations shows that the model with two different convective parametric schemes is capable in reproducing the basic features of the observed tropical cyclone such as TC structure, number of total cyclones, track locations and seasonality. However, differences exist in different oceans. The mean yearly TC frequency in two different experiments is 21.5% and 31.3% more than that in the observations in the Northwest Pacific and the southern Pacific, while 11.4%, 41.1% and 50% less in the northern Atlantic, the southern and the northern Indian Ocean, respectively. Furthermore, the genesis of TC in the eastern Pacific in model is 88% less than in the observation while nearly 1.5 unexpected cyclones per year happen in the southern Atlantic. Further research shows that the differences of TC frequency between simulation and observation are mainly associated with the differences of Indian monsoon, the Northwest Pacific monsoon trough, vertical wind shear and 850 hPa relative vorticity.