Table 1 Latitude of typhoon landfalling locations in the southeast Chinese mainland.
From: Typhoon storm surge in the southeast Chinese mainland modulated by ENSO
Wind speed when made landfall | 1965–2016 | 1987–2016 | ||||||
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Difference significance (p value) | Mean landfall latitude | Difference significance (p value) | Mean landfall latitude | |||||
Student’s t test | Wilcoxon–Mann–Whitney test | El Niño years | non-El Niño years | Student’s t test | Wilcoxon–Mann–Whitney test | El Niño years | non-El Niño years | |
All | 0.21 | 0.18 | 22.77 | 22.40 | 0.74 | 0.47 | 22.83 | 22.68 |
≥ 15 m/s | 0.45 | 0.28 | 22.97 | 22.74 | 0.92 | 0.37 | 22.97 | 23.02 |
≥ 20 m/s | 0.49 | 0.25 | 23.11 | 22.85 | 0.99 | 0.42 | 23.12 | 23.11 |
≥ 25 m/s | 0.20 | 0.10 | 23.17 | 22.58 | 0.26 | 0.13 | 23.59 | 22.87 |
≥ 30 m/s | 0.04 | 0.04 | 23.73 | 22.48 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 24.23 | 22.68 |
≥ 35 m/s | 0.01 | 0.01 | 24.34 | 22.33 | 0.08 | 0.05 | 24.69 | 22.90 |
strongest | 0.03 | 0.03 | 24.75 | 22.73 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 25.18 | 22.77 |