The areal extent, concentration and thickness of sea ice in the Arctic Ocean and adjacent
seas have strongly decreased during the recent decades, but cold, snow-rich winters have …

The Arctic plays a fundamental role in the climate system and has shown significant climate
change in recent decades, including the Arctic warming and decline of Arctic sea-ice extent …

Explaining extreme events of 2014 from a climate perspective Special Supplement to the
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society Vol. 96, No. 12, December 2015 From A Climate …

We here report our recent research results on the climatic features of Tibetan
thermodynamic functions and their impacts on the regional climates of the Northern …

Abstract We identified the Asian–Pacific Oscillation (APO) and its associated index, a zonal
teleconnection pattern over the extratropical Asian–Pacific region. This was done through …

As the most dominant tropical climate mode on the interannual time scale, El Niño–Southern
Oscillation (ENSO) is suggested to significantly influence the interannual variation of East …

Using precipitation data from rain gauge stations over China, the authors examine the long-
term variation of the durations of persistent rainfall over eastern China for the past 40 years …

This letter reports on a possible delayed impact of the winter North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO)
on the following east Asian summer monsoon precipitation. An analysis of weather station …

Observational analysis and purposely designed coupled atmosphere–ocean (AOGCM) and
atmosphere-only (AGCM) model simulations are used together to investigate a new …

Investigating the relationships among different factors impacting the East Asian summer
monsoon (EASM) is urgent for improving its predictability. In the present study, two factors …