Table 3 Correlation coefficient of \(\sum {V}_{land}\) and annual frequency of landfalling TCs. Bolded numbers indicate statistically significant trends at α = 0.05.
EP | NA | NI | SI | SP | WP | Global | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ATC | 0.50 | 0.43 | 0.84 | 0.71 | 0.17 | 0.44 | − 0.06 |
WTC | 0.76 | 0.06 | 0.90 | 0.29 | 0.35 | 0.67 | − 0.23 |
STC | 0.20 | 0.22 | 0.67 | 0.73 | 0.58 | 0.38 | 0.13 |
VSTC | 0.61 | 0.87 | 0.68 | 0.82 | 0.48 | 0.57 | 0.73 |