Multidecadal variability of North China aridity and its relationship to PDO during 1900-2010

Journal of Climate

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1210-1222

  Qian, Cheng ^a,b   Zhou, Tianjun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC CHANGES; EAST ASIAN SUMMER MONSOON; ENSEMBLE EMPIRICAL MODE DECOMPOSITION; LAND-SEA THERMAL CONTRASTS; MULTIDECADAL VARIABILITY; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; SELF-CALIBRATED PALMER DROUGHT SEVERITY INDICES; TROPICAL WESTERN PACIFIC;

CLIMATE MODELS; CLIMATOLOGY;

DRYING;

ARIDITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECADAL VARIATION; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; DROUGHT; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; SEVERE WEATHER; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TELECONNECTION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TIMESCALE;

CHINA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84893193097     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00235.1     Document Type: Article

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