1. Comparisons of two ensemble mean methods in measuring the average error growth and the predictability

   • Ruiqiang Ding
   • Jianping Li

   OriginalPaper 12 October 2011 Pages: 395 - 404

2. Development of an integrated vertical-slantwise convective parameterization scheme and its associated numerical experiments

   • Jianfang Fei
   • Rongsheng Wu
   • Xiaoping Cheng

   OriginalPaper 12 October 2011 Pages: 405 - 418

3. Nonlinearity and finite-time instability in a T21L3 quasigeostrophic model

   • Zhina Jiang
   • Donghai Wang

   OriginalPaper 12 October 2011 Pages: 419 - 429

4. A case study of the error growth and predictability of a Meiyu frontal heavy precipitation event

   • Yu Luo
   • Lifeng Zhang

   OriginalPaper 12 October 2011 Pages: 430 - 440

5. Impact of cloud microphysical processes on the simulation of Typhoon Rananim near shore. Part I: Cloud structure and precipitation features

   • Rui Cheng
   • Rucong Yu
   • Youping Xu

   OriginalPaper 12 October 2011 Pages: 441 - 455

6. Impact of cloud microphysical processes on the simulation of Typhoon Rananim near shore. Part II: Typhoon intensity and track

   • Rui Cheng
   • Rucong Yu
   • Yunfei Fu

   OriginalPaper 12 October 2011 Pages: 456 - 466

7. Thermodynamic characteristics of tropical cyclones with rapid intensity change over the coastal waters of China

   • Yubin Yu
   • Xiuping Yao

   OriginalPaper 12 October 2011 Pages: 467 - 477

8. High-resolution mesoscale analysis data from the South China heavy rainfall experiment (SCHeREX): Data generation and quality evaluation

   • Yunqi Ni
   • Chunguang Cui
   • Wenhua Zhang

   OriginalPaper 12 October 2011 Pages: 478 - 493

9. Study of distinctive regional features of surface solar radiation in North and East China

   • Fulai Guan
   • Youfei Zheng
   • Nan Zhang

   OriginalPaper 12 October 2011 Pages: 494 - 505

10. Connections between different types of El Niño and Southern/Northern Oscillation

    • Jingbei Peng
    • Qingyun Zhang
    • Lieting Chen

    OriginalPaper 12 October 2011 Pages: 506 - 516

11. The influence of large-scale circulation on the summer hydrological cycle in the Haihe River basin of China

    • Tinghai Ou
    • Yanxiang Liu
    • Weiguo Xiang

    OriginalPaper 12 October 2011 Pages: 517 - 526

12. Impact of air pollution on summer surface winds in Xi’an

    • Xin Yang
    • Wenjie Dong
    • Fangxia Liu

    OriginalPaper 12 October 2011 Pages: 527 - 533

13. Changes of accumulated temperature, growing season and precipitation in the North China Plain from 1961 to 2009

    • Yanling Song
    • Yanxia Zhao
    • Chunyi Wang

    OriginalPaper 12 October 2011 Pages: 534 - 543