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Influence of internal decadal variability on the summer rainfall in Eastern China as simulated by CCSM4

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The combined impact of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) and Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO) on the summer rainfall in eastern China was investigated using CCSM4. The strongest signals occur with the combination of a positive PDO and a negative AMO (+PDO−AMO), as well as a negative PDO and a positive AMO (−PDO+AMO). For the +PDO−AMO set, significant positive rainfall anomalies occur over the lower reaches of the Yangtze River valley (YR), when the East Asian summer monsoon becomes weaker, while the East Asian westerly jet stream becomes stronger, and ascending motion over the YR becomes enhanced due to the jet-related secondary circulation. Contrary anomalies occur over East Asia for the −PDO+AMO set. The influence of these two combinations of PDO and AMO on the summer rainfall in eastern China can also be observed in the two interdecadal rainfall changes in eastern China in the late 1970s and late 1990s.

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  1. Nansen-Zhu International Research Centre, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029, China

    Yali Zhu & Tao Wang

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    Yali Zhu, Tao Wang & Jiehua Ma

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Zhu, Y., Wang, T. & Ma, J. Influence of internal decadal variability on the summer rainfall in Eastern China as simulated by CCSM4. Adv. Atmos. Sci. 33, 706–714 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00376-016-5269-x

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