熱帶氣旋（臺風）是地球上最具破壞性的天氣事
件和自然災害。在我國，近50年來平均每年約有9.2個
熱帶氣旋登陸，其引發的強風、暴雨、風暴潮、洪水
及泥石流等災害，使我國成為世界上熱帶氣旋登陸最
多、受災最嚴重的國家之一。隨著衛星遙感和計算機
技術的飛速發展，人們對熱帶氣旋的路徑預報和登陸
前後的結構研究取得了很大進展，但對於熱帶氣旋強
度預報和生成機制的相關研究還較為薄弱，熱帶氣旋
的生成過程依然是熱帶大氣的一個未解之謎。
王磊著的《南海熱帶氣旋的生成過程研究(英文版
)》是作者長期在南海熱帶氣旋生成過程和機理方面研
究工作和成果的總結。主要內容包括：南海熱帶氣旋
生成的環境條件研究、南海熱帶氣旋生成過程的數值
模擬、南海熱帶氣旋生成過程的衛星遙感觀測與預報
因子的選取、南海熱帶氣旋生成在不同時間尺度的氣
候變化過程以及南海熱帶氣旋生成機制(CLUT機制)的
提出。內容可以為南海臺風災害的早期預警和防災減
災提供科學依據，相關內容可以供從事大氣科學、海
洋科學和環境科學的科研工作人員參考。

Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Definition of tropical cyclone and tropical cyclone genesis
1.2 Review of studies on tropical cyclone genesis
1.2.1 Climatological conditions for tropical cyclone genesis
1.2.2 Synoptic-scale conditions associated with tropical cyclone genesis
1.2.3 Theoretical models for tropical cyclone genesis
1.3 Tropical cyclone genesis over the South China Sea
1.4 Objectives and organization of this study
Chapter 2 Climatology of environmental conditions and geographical distributions of tropical cyclone genesis in the SCS
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Data
2.3 Climatology of environmental conditions and tropical cyclone genesis over the SCS
2.3.1 Upper ocean thermal structure
2.3.2 The columnar water vapor
2.3.3 500 hPa relative humidity
2.3.4 Relative vorticity of ocean surface winds
2.3.5 200 hPa divergence
2.3.6 500 hPa vertical velocity
2.3.7 The vertical shear of horizontal winds
2.3.8 Outgoing longwave radiation
2.4 Summary and conclusion
Chapter 3 Seasonal variation of tropical cyclone genesis over the South China Sea
3.1 Diagnosis of seasonal variation of tropical cyclone genesis over the South China Sea using a genesis potential index
3.1.1 Introduction
3.1.2 Data and methodology
3.1.3 Seasonal variability of the GP index over the SCS
3.1.4 Monsoon influence on the GP index over the SCS
3.1.5 Conclusions
3.2 Seasonal variation of the low-level atmospheric eddy kinetic energy over the SCS and its influences on the tropical cyclone genesis
3.2.1 Introduction
3.2.2 Data and methodology
3.2.3 Seasonal cycle of the lower-atmospheric EKE
3.2.4 Seasonal cycle of EKE tendency terms
3.2.5 Barotropic energy conversion and tropical cyclone formation
3.2.6 Summary
Chapter 4 Interannual variation of tropical cyclone genesis over the South China Sea
4.1 Comparison of environmental conditions between a tropical cyclone active year and an inactive year over the SCS
4.1.1 Introduction
4.1.2 Data
4.1.3 Tropical cyclone activities during the summer and winter monsoon over the SCS
4.1.4 The active summer (2000) and the inactive summer ( 1991 )
4.1.5 The active winter (1998) and the inactive winter (1991)
4.1.6 Discussion and conclusion
4.2 Diagnosis of the ENSO modulation of tropical cyclone genesis over the southern South China Sea using a genesis potential index
4.2.1 Introduction
4.2.2 Data and methodology
4.2.3 GP index and TC genesis over the SSCS region
4.2.4 Environmental factors related to TC genesis
4.2.5 Factors influencing ENSO effects on the GP index over the SSCS
4.2.6 lnterannual variation of tropical cyclone genesis over the SSCS during neutral years