Characteristics of tropical cyclone activity over the South China Sea: Local and nonlocal tropical cyclones

The South China Sea (SCS) is affected by two types of tropical cyclones (TCs): those locally formed in the SCS (local TCs) and those traversing the SCS (nonlocal TCs). In this study, the characteristics of these two types of SCS TCs are investigated for the period of 1979 - 2016. It is shown that on...

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Main Authors: Liang Wu, Hongjie Zhang, Jau-Ming Chen, Tao Feng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Chinese Geoscience Union 2020-01-01
Series:Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
Online Access: http://tao.cgu.org.tw/media/k2/attachments/v312p261.pdf