Westerlies Asia and monsoonal Asia: Spatiotemporal differences in climate change and possible mechanisms on decadal to sub-orbital timescales

F Chen, J Chen, W Huang, S Chen, X Huang, L Jin… - Earth-science …, 2019 - Elsevier
The 'westerlies-dominated climatic regime'(WDCR) in the present interglacial period was
proposed because precipitation/moisture variations between arid central Asia and mid …

An overview of the influence of atmospheric circulation on the climate in arid and semi-arid region of Central and East Asia

Y Liu, C Wu, R Jia, J Huang - Science China Earth Sciences, 2018 - Springer
The arid and semi-arid (ASA) region of Asia occupies a large area in the middle latitudes of
the Northern Hemisphere, of which the main body is the ASA region of Central and East Asia …

Intensification of extreme precipitation in arid Central Asia

J Yao, Y Chen, J Chen, Y Zhao, D Tuoliewubieke… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Changes in total and extreme precipitation are expected to intensify under climate
warming. As Central Asia is among the driest regions in the world, more information is …

Why was the arid and semiarid northwest China getting wetter in the recent decades?

D Peng, T Zhou - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The arid and semiarid northwest China has experienced a significant wetting trend in
summer during 1961–2010, but the reasons remain ambiguous. In this study, moisture …

Increasing summer precipitation in arid Central Asia linked to the weakening of the East Asian summer monsoon in the recent decades

C Chen, X Zhang, H Lu, L Jin, Y Du… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
It is generally believed that water vapour from the North Atlantic transported by the mid‐
latitude westerlies dominates precipitation variations in arid Central Asia, where monsoonal …

Three Eurasian teleconnection patterns: Spatial structures, temporal variability, and associated winter climate anomalies

Y Liu, L Wang, W Zhou, W Chen - Climate dynamics, 2014 - Springer
The Eurasian (EU) pattern is a distinct teleconnection pattern observed in boreal winter.
Since the EU pattern was first identified, three types have been reported in the literature: the …

Interdecadal variations of the Silk Road pattern

L Wang, P Xu, W Chen, Y Liu - Journal of Climate, 2017 - journals.ametsoc.org
Based on several reanalysis and observational datasets, this study suggests that the Silk
Road pattern (SRP), a major teleconnection pattern stretching across Eurasia in the boreal …

Structure and dynamics of a springtime atmospheric wave train over the North Atlantic and Eurasia

S Chen, R Wu, W Chen, K Hu, B Yu - Climate Dynamics, 2020 - Springer
The leading pattern of boreal spring 250-hPa meridional wind anomalies over the North
Atlantic and mid-high latitude Eurasia displays an obvious wave train. The present study …

Physical mechanisms of summer precipitation variations in the Tarim Basin in northwestern China

W Huang, S Feng, J Chen, F Chen - Journal of Climate, 2015 - journals.ametsoc.org
The Tarim basin (TB) in northwestern China is one of the most arid regions in the middle
latitudes, where water is scarce year-round. This study investigates the variations of summer …

Definition of the core zone of the “westerlies-dominated climatic regime”, and its controlling factors during the instrumental period

W Huang, JH Chen, XJ Zhang, S Feng… - Science China Earth …, 2015 - Springer
The term “westerlies-dominated climatic regime” describes the pattern of
precipitation/moisture variations between westerlies-dominated arid Central Asia (ACA) and …