jointly supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) (2009CB421505);the National Key Technology R&D Program in the 11th Five-year Plan of China (2006BAC02B01)
Using tropical cyclone (TC) observations over a 58-yr period (1949-2006) from the China Meteorological Administration, the 40-year ECMWF Reanalysis (ERA-40), NCEP-NCAR reanalysis, and the Hadley Centre sea ice a...