简介:BasedontropicalcyclonetrackdatasetinthewesternNorthPacificfromChinaMeteorologicalAdministration(CMA),variationsinfrequencyandintensityoftropicalcyclones(TCs)inthewesternNorthPacific,affecting-ChinaTCs(ACTCs)andlandfallTCs(LTCs)achievingatyphoonintensityduring1957-2004werestudied.Frequenciesofstrongtropicalcyclonesshowedsignificantdecreasingtrendsfrom1957to2004andthelineartrendwasmuchgreaterwhentheintensitywasstronger.Therewasnolineartrendintheportionofstrongtropicalcyclonesachievingatyphoon(TY)intensity,whilethosereachingastrongtyphoon(STY)andasupertyphoon(SuperTY)intensityshoweddecreasingtrendsduring1957-2004.ThemaximumintensitiesofTCs,ACTCsandLTCsalldecreasedduringtheperiodof1957-2004.ThemeanintensitiesofTCsandACTCsdisplayeddecreasingtrendsandthemeanintensityofLTCsachievingaTYintensityalsoshowedadecreasingtrend.