Impact of Southern Indian ocean dipole via the ITCZ on winter and spring precipitation in China
November 2023
This study analyzes the characteristics of sea surface temperature (SST) in the southern Indian Ocean, the changes in location of the Indian Ocean intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ), and their impacts...
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Comparing the Arctic climate in Chinese and other CMIP6 models
November 2023
This paper evaluates and compares the historical simulations of the Arctic winter climate in ten Chinese models and twenty-seven other international models from the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project...
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Modulation of the late summer Northeast China cold vortex by previous-winter ENSO
November 2023
The modulation of the late-summer Northeast China cold vortex (NCCV) by previous-winter El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is investigated using reanalysis data. A significant correlation dominates...
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Projected relationship between ENSO and following-summer rainfall over the middle reaches of the Yangtze River valley based on CMIP6 simulations
November 2023
El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events have a strong impact on the middle reaches of Yangtze River summer rainfall (YRSR). The authors project how this impact might vary in the future. As in the...
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State of China's climate in 2022
November 2023
China experienced a warm and dry climate in 2022. The average annual surface air temperature (SAT) was 10.51°C, which was the second highest since 1961. The annual average rainfall was 606.1 mm, which...
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The dry and hot American Southwest under the present and future climates
November 2023
The American Southwest is undergoing alarming climate crises, suffering from the on-going mega drought, frequent flash flooding, heat waves, and wildfires that cause air pollution. The climate crises...
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Deglacial change of Antarctic Bottom Water in transient simulations
November 2023
The deglacial change of Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW) since the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) was investigated using transient simulations of climate evolution forced by individual deglacial forcings....
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Causes of the record-low Antarctic sea-ice in austral summer 2022
November 2023
The Antarctic sea-ice area reached a record minimum during austral summer 2022 (December 2021 to February 2022), with particularly considerable loss in the West Antarctic. Based on lead–lag correlation...
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Underestimated relationship between westerly wind bursts and ENSO in CMIP6 models
November 2023
Observations show that westerly wind bursts (WWBs) in the tropical Pacific play a key role in the triggering, development, and diversity of El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO). Hence, realistic reproduction...
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Projected changes in extreme snowfall events over the Tibetan Plateau based on a set of RCM simulations
Available online 25 November 2023
Extreme snowfall events over the Tibetan Plateau (TP) cause considerable damage to local society and natural ecosystems. In this study, we investigate the projected changes in such events over the TP...
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Trend in seasonal amplitude of northern net ecosystem production: Simulated results from IAP DGVM in CAS-ESM2
Available online 16 November 2023
Net ecosystem production (NEP) over northern latitudes has an obvious seasonal variation, which dominantly drives the seasonal variation in atmospheric CO2. Investigating these carbon processes and...
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Impacts of monsoon break events in the western North Pacific on the cross-equatorial flows over the Maritime Continent
Available online 14 November 2023
This study examines the possible impacts of western North Pacific (WNP) monsoon break events on the cross-equatorial flows (CEFs) over the Maritime Continent using daily data from ERA5 for 1979–2020....
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Enhanced rainfall in North China in July 2021: Role of the North Pacific SST gradient
Available online 11 November 2023
The rainfall over North China (NC) in July 2021 was the most since 1980, and coincided with a meridional gradient of sea surface temperature anomaly (MGSSTA) in the Pacific. The present study shows...
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Pollution characteristics of peroxyacetyl nitrate in karst areas in Southwest China
Available online 29 October 2023
In recent years, the issue of photochemical pollution in the Guangxi region of China has escalated considerably. However, there remains a notable dearth of related research in this area. Peroxyacetyl...
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Progress and future prospects of decadal prediction and data assimilation: A review
Available online 27 October 2023
Decadal prediction, also known as “near-term climate prediction”, aims to forecast climate changes in the next 1–10 years and is a new focus in the fields of climate prediction and climate change research....
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Precursory atmospheric teleconnection patterns for strong Siberian High events
September 2023
Based on Japanese 55-year daily reanalysis data, the present study reveals that a strong Siberian high (SH) is preceded by three teleconnection patterns—namely, the Scandinavian (SCA) pattern, western...
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Contribution of external forcing to summer precipitation trends over the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau and Southwest China
September 2023
In the past 60 years, the global climate has undergone both rapid warming and a brief warming hiatus, while regional precipitation patterns in China have also experienced diverse and complex changes....
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Distinct impacts of two kinds of El Niño on precipitation over the Antarctic Peninsula and West Antarctica in austral spring
September 2023
Based on multiple reanalysis data, the authors investigated the distinct impacts of central Pacific (CP) and eastern Pacific (EP) El Niño events on precipitation over West Antarctica and the Antarctic...
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Impact of the Asian–Pacific Oscillation on early autumn precipitation over Southeast China: CMIP6 evaluation and projection
September 2023
This study evaluated the capability of 32 models of phase 6 of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project in modeling the influence of the preceding August Asian–Pacific Oscillation (APO) on subsequent...
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Subseasonal transition of Barents–Kara sea-ice anomalies in winter related to the reversed warm Arctic–cold Eurasia pattern
September 2023
Subseasonal reversal of the warm Arctic–cold Eurasia pattern (WACE) could trigger an extreme cold/warm transition in winter and sandstorms in spring over eastern China. An associated subseasonal transition...
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Enhanced seasonality of surface air temperature over China during the mid-Holocene
September 2023
Using all available simulations performed by climate models participating in PMIP4 (Paleoclimate Modelling Intercomparison Project – Phase 4), the authors quantify the seasonality change of surface...
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More extreme-heat occurrences related to humidity in China
September 2023
The co-occurrence of day and night compound heat extremes has attracted much attention because of the amplified socioeconomic and human health impacts. Based on ERA5 hourly reanalysis data, this study...
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Influence of three types of boreal summer intraseasonal oscillation on summer precipitation over the Yangtze River Valley
September 2023
Previous studies have demonstrated that boreal summer intraseasonal oscillation (BSISO) active in the Indian Ocean can affect precipitation over the Yangtze River Valley (YRV). In this study, the impacts...
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Unfavorable environmental conditions for tropical cyclone genesis over the western North Pacific during the Last Interglacial based on PMIP4 simulations
September 2023
Investigating the variation in tropical cyclone (TC) activity over the western North Pacific (WNP) in past warm periods helps to better understand TC behaviors in a warming future. In this study, the...
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Impact of the Atlantic multidecadal variability on East Asian summer climate in idealized simulations
September 2023
The impact of the Atlantic multidecadal variability (AMV) on the East Asian summer climate is analyzed using a set of idealized simulations performed by CESM1. The results show that the AMV exerts a...
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