Climatological Characteristics of Tropical Cyclones in the Northwestern Pacific

Zhao Shanshan; Gao Ge; Sun Xuguang; Yang Xiuqun

Vol.20, NO.5, 2009

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Zhao Shanshan, Gao Ge, Sun Xuguang, et al. Climatological characteristics of tropical cyclones in the northwestern Pacific. J Appl Meteor Sci, 2009, 20(5): 555-563.

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Zhao Shanshan, Gao Ge, Sun Xuguang, et al. Climatological characteristics of tropical cyclones in the northwestern Pacific. J Appl Meteor Sci, 2009, 20(5): 555-563.

Zhao Shanshan, Gao Ge, Sun Xuguang, et al. Climatological characteristics of tropical cyclones in the northwestern Pacific. J Appl Meteor Sci, 2009, 20(5): 555-563.

Citation:

Zhao Shanshan, Gao Ge, Sun Xuguang, et al. Climatological characteristics of tropical cyclones in the northwestern Pacific. J Appl Meteor Sci, 2009, 20(5): 555-563.

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Climatological Characteristics of Tropical Cyclones in the Northwestern Pacific

1.
Laboratory of Climate Studies, National Climate Center, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing 100081
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Institute of Severe Weather and Climate, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093

Received Date: 2008-08-19
Rev Recd Date: 2009-07-21
Publish Date: 2009-10-31

Abstract

Abstract

Climatological characteristics of tropical cyclones in the Northwestern Pacific during 1951—2006 areinvestigated based on the tropical cyclone best track data from China Meteorological Administration.Tropical cyclones are classified into 6 different categories to study the long-term variation under the global warming background.From 1951 to 2006, nearly 33.9 tropical cyclones occur in the Northwestern Pacific every year.Tropical depressions contribute 18.8% and super typhoons contribute 17.8%.The total frequency of tropical cyclones in the Northwestern Pacific decreases since 1950s and the decreasing trend is1.8 times every 10 years.Frequency of tropical cyclones is highest in 1967 and lo west in 1998.The decrease trend of tropical cyclones frequency is mainly caused by tropical depression and super typhoon Ⅱ(maximum wind≥58 m · s ^-1, super typhoon Ⅱ for simple).The decrease trend of super typhoon Ⅱ ismost remarkable.Contributions of tropical depression and super typhoon Ⅱ frequencies decrease whilecontributions of other categories increase.Characteristics of frequency, intensity, the first and last date of super typhoon Ⅱ are different fromthose of other categories.About 56.3%of tropical cyclones in the Northwestern Pacific appear in summerseason, especially in August.The average monthly frequency is 7.9 in August and 0.3 in February.Withthe growing intensity of tropical cyclone, the maximum frequency postulate from August to October.Themaxim um frequency of super typhoon appears in autumn while those of other categories appear in August.Monthly frequencies of tropical depression and super typhoon Ⅱ take on decrease trends in autumn whilethose of other categories don' t show remarkable trends.The annual variations of super typhoon Ⅱ arenegative related with the annual variations of other categories except super typhoon Ⅰ.Yearly mean maxim um speed and minimum depression of tropical cyclones show a decrease trend.Yearly maximum speed oftropical cyclones decreases about 6.5 m · s ^-1 every 10 years, while yearly minimum depression has increased especially since 1987.Decrease trend of maximum speed is mainly caused by the decrease frequencyof super typhoon Ⅱ.The average first date of tropical cyclones is around 20 February and the average lastdate of tropical cyclones is around 15 December.The first date of tropical cyclones shows a slight delayingtrend.The first date of super typhoon Ⅱ have remarkable long-term delaying trend of 25 day s every 10y ears while the last date displays long-term advancing trend of 9 day s every 10 years.The last date of tropical storm has delaying trend while that of super typhoon Ⅰ has advancing trend.
- tropical cyclone;
- super typhoon;
- long-term trend;
- the first date of tropical cyclone;
- the last date of tropical cyclone

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图 1 1951—2006年西北太平洋热带气旋频数及长期变化

Fig. 1 Time series and trend of cyclone in the Northwestern Pacific during 1951 —2006

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图 2 1951—2006年西北太平洋超强台风频数及趋势变化

Fig. 2 Time series and trend of super typhoon in the Northwestern Pacific during 1951 —2006

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图 3 1951 — 2006年西北太平洋不同级别热带气旋的频数贡献及长期变化趋势

Fig. 3 Time series and trend of contributions of different cyclone to tropical cyclone in the Northwestern Pacific during 1951— 2006

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图 4 1951— 2006年西北太平洋不同级别热带气旋频数的季节变化

Fig. 4 Seasonal variability of different cyclone frequencies in the Northwestern Pacific during 1951 — 2006

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图 5 1951—2006年热带气旋年平均强度和最大强度 (a) 最大风速, (b) 最低气压

Fig. 5 Temporal variations of the mean and largest intensities of tropical cyclones during 1951—2006 (a) maximum speed, (b) minimum pressure

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图 6 1951—2006年不同级别热带气旋的初、终旋日期的变化 (虚线代表初旋日期, 实线代表终旋日期)

(a) 热带气旋, (b) 热带低压, (c) 热带风暴—超强台风Ⅰ, (d) 超强台风Ⅱ

Fig. 6 Variations of the first and last date of different tropical cyclone during 1951 — 2006 (dashed line denotes the first date and solid line denotes the last date)

(a) tropical cyclone, (b) tropical depression, (c) tropical storm—super typhoonⅠ, (d) super typhoon Ⅱ

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表 1 不同等级热带气旋月频数变化趋势 (单位: 1/10a)

Table 1 Long-time trends of monthly frequencies of tropical cyclones about different categories (unit : 1/10a)

表 2 不同等级热带气旋频数的相关系数

Table 2 Correlations among frequencies of tropical cyclones about different categories

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