THE IMPACT OF TROPICAL CYCLONES ON CHINA IN 2016

作者：HUA GU,CHUANHAI QIAN,SHUANZHU GAO,CHUNYI XIANG

摘要：In 2016, the Northwest Pacific and the South China Sea registered the genesis of 26 tropical cyclones. 8 of them, including NEPARTAK(1601), MIRINAE(1603), NIDA(1604), DIANMU(1608), MERANTI(1614),MEGI(1617), SARIKA(1621) and HAIMA(1622), made landfall over China’s coastal areas. The number one TC of 2016, NEPARTAK, was named on July 3. Although no typhoon generated in the first half of this year,which means 4.6 incidences less compared with the same period of a normal year, more tropical cyclones made landfall over China(the historical average in the same period of 1949-2015 is 6.7). And these 8 tropical cyclones had an averaged intensity up to 40.6 m/s, significantly enhanced compared with the multi-year average of 32.8 m/s.The death toll from the 11 tropical cyclones affected China in 2016 is 206. MERANTI was the most destructive one in 2016, which brought up the largest numbers of affected and evacuated population, damaged houses and direct economic losses. In 2016, China Meteorological Administration(CMA) 24-120 h mean official track forecast errors were 66, 127, 213, 292 and 364 km, respectively. The 24 h track forecast error has been kept within 70 km in two consecutive years.

发文机构：National Meteorological Center of CMA

关键词：TROPICALCYCLONEtrackFORECASTTYPHOONDISASTERtropical cyclonetrack forecasttyphoon disaster

分类号： P444[天文地球—大气科学及气象学]