Research Article
Relationships between Ambient Ozone Concentration Changes in Southwestern Taiwan and Invasion Tracks of Tropical Typhoons
Table 1
Frequency of typhoon formation in the western Pacific Ocean and typhoon invasions in Taiwan from 1994 to 2014.
| Year | Number of typhoons formed in western Pacific Ocean | Number and frequency of typhoons invading Taiwan | Global average temperature | Average temperature for Taiwan | East Asia ocean temperature |
| 1994 | 27 | 6 (22%) | +0.28 | 23.47 (+0.47) | +0.27 | 1995 | 25 | 4 (16%) | +0.34 | 23.52 (+0.52) | +0.32 | 1996 | 30 | 3 (10%) | +0.35 | 23.49 (+0.49) | +0.23 | 1997 | 31 | 2 (6%) | +0.47 | 23.55 (+0.55) | +0.43 | 1998 | 17 | 5 (29%) | +0.56 | 23.60 (+0.60) | +0.48 | 1999 | 23 | 2 (9%) | +0.39 | 23.70 (+0.70) | +0.25 | 2000 | 23 | 5 (22%) | +0.36 | 23.80 (+0.80) | +0.30 | 2001 | 26 | 8 (31%) | +0.49 | 23.80 (+0.80) | +0.41 | 2002 | 26 | 2 (8%) | +0.56 | 24.20 (+1.20) | +0.44 | 2003 | 21 | 3 (14%) | +0.56 | 23.90 (+0.90) | +0.51 | 2004 | 29 | 5 (17%) | +0.53 | 23.60 (+0.60) | +0.52 | 2005 | 23 | 3 (13%) | +0.61 | 23.60 (+0.60) | +0.53 | 2006 | 23 | 4 (17%) | +0.54 | 24.20 (+1.20) | +0.47 | 2007 | 24 | 5 (21%) | +0.55 | 24.10 (+1.10) | +0.41 | 2008 | 22 | 4 (18%) | +0.49 | 23.80 (+0.80) | +0.39 | 2009 | 22 | 3 (14%) | +0.60 | 23.99 (+0.99) | +0.48 | 2010 | 14 | 3 (21%) | +0.66 | 23.87 (+0.87) | +0.50 | 2011 | 21 | 1 (5%) | +0.53 | 23.30 (+0.30) | +0.45 | 2012 | 25 | 4 (16%) | +0.57 | 23.71 (+0.71) | +0.51 | 2013 | 31 | 5 (16%) | +0.62 | 23.91 (+0.91) | +0.53 | 2014 | 23 | 2 (9%) | +0.69 | 23.95 (+0.95) | +0.57 |
| Average | 24.42 | 3.8 (16%) | 13.9 C | 23.0 C | 16.1 C |
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p.s.: the average temperature from 1901 to 2000 (ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/anomalies).
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