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Coupled modes of rainfall over China and the pacific sea surface temperature in boreal summertime

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In addition, the possible atmospheric teleconnections of the coupled rainfall and SST modes were discussed. For the ENSO-NC mode, anomalous low-pressure and high-pressure over the Asian continent induces moisture divergence over North China and reduces summer rainfall there. For the WTP-YRV mode, East Asia-Pacific teleconnection induces moisture convergence over the Yangtze River valley and enhances the summer rainfall there. The TPMM SST and the summer rainfall anomalies over the YRVL are linked by a circumglobal, wave-train-like, atmospheric teleconnection.

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  1. Physical Oceanography Laboratory & Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction and Climate Laboratory, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266100, China

    Chun Li  (李 春) & Hao Ma  (马 浩)

  2. State Key Laboratory of Numerical Modeling for Atmospheric Sciences and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029, China

    Chun Li  (李 春)

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Li, C., Ma, H. Coupled modes of rainfall over China and the pacific sea surface temperature in boreal summertime. Adv. Atmos. Sci. 28, 1201–1214 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00376-011-0127-3

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