ANALYSES OF THE ANNUAL FREQUENCY ANOMALIES OFTYPHOONS AND HURRICANES IN 1998

In 1998, the annual frequency of typhoon (including tropical storms) genesis created a minimum value - 14, far lower than the minimum of 20 in 1950 over North-West Pacific, while in the Atlantic Ocean, the annual frequency of hurricanes (including the tropical storm) created a maximum value - 14, far higher than the average number - 9.2. In this paper, an analysis on the relationship between the generation of Typhoon, Hurricane and the Cross-Equatorial Flow was done by using the NCEP/NCAR reanalysis data for 1979 - 1995. It is pointed out that the anomalies of the CEF over the Pacific and Atlantic Ocean is the main cause for the 1998 annual frequency anomalies of Typhoon and Hurricane, respectively.