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The impacts of the Indian summer rainfall on North China summer rainfall

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Previous studies have indicated a connection between interannual variations of the Indian and North China summer rainfall. An atmospheric circulation wave pattern over the mid-latitude Asia plays an important role in the connection. The present study compares the influence of the above-normal and below-normal Indian summer rainfall on the North China summer rainfall variations. Composite analysis shows that the mid-latitude Asian atmospheric circulation and the North China rainfall anomalies during summer tend to be anti-symmetric in above-normal and below-normal Indian rainfall years. Analysis indicates that the Indian-North China summer rainfall relation tends to be stronger when larger Indian rainfall anomaly occurs during a higher mean rainfall period. The observed long-term change in the Indian-North China summer rainfall relationship cannot be explained by the impact of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO). The present study evaluates the Indian-North China summer rainfall relationship in climate models. Analysis shows that the Indian-North China summer rainfall relationship differs largely among different climate models and among different simulations of a specific model. The relationship also displays obvious temporal variations in both individual and ensemble mean model simulations. This suggests an important role of the atmospheric internal variability in the change of the Indian-North China summer rainfall relationship.

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  1. Center for Monsoon System Research, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

    Renguang Wu & Yang Jiao

  2. State Key Laboratory of Numerical Modeling for Atmospheric Sciences and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

    Renguang Wu

  3. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

    Yang Jiao

  4. Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Building 40, Huayanli, Beichen West Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100029, China

    Renguang Wu

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Wu, R., Jiao, Y. The impacts of the Indian summer rainfall on North China summer rainfall. Asia-Pacific J Atmos Sci 53, 195–206 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13143-017-0013-8

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