Figure 2 . Locations of Tide GNove stations taken for this analysis

Figure 2. The formation locations of the tropical cyclones of 1997 (triangles) and 2005 (black dots). The formation location of each tropical cyclone is defined as that point on the JTWC best track where the cyclone first acquired 25 kt wind speeds. Note the several tropical cyclones in the “El Niño Box” during the El Niño year of 1997, and the lack of tropical cyclone formation in this region during 2005 (a year described as ENSO Neutral trending towards weak La Niña at year’s end). Figure from Lander, 1994: An exploratory analysis...Monthly Weather Review, 122, 636-651.