1. Interannual variability of the wintertime northern branch high ridge in the subtropical westerlies and its relationship with winter climate in China

   • Guangzhou Fan
   • Yongli Zhang
   • Yongli Wang

   OriginalPaper 22 November 2015 Pages: 703 - 719

2. Analysis of Tibetan Plateau vortex activities using ERA-Interim data for the period 1979–2013

   • Zhiqiang Lin

   OriginalPaper 22 November 2015 Pages: 720 - 734

3. A piecewise modeling approach for climate sensitivity studies: Tests with a shallow-water model

   • Aimei Shao
   • Chongjian Qiu
   • Guo-Yue Niu

   OriginalPaper 22 November 2015 Pages: 735 - 746

4. Characteristics and mechanisms of the sudden warming events in the nocturnal atmospheric boundary layer: A case study using WRF

   • Yuanyuan Ma
   • Yi Yang
   • Ruhui Gan

   OriginalPaper 22 November 2015 Pages: 747 - 763

5. A new evaporation duct climatology over the South China Sea

   • Yang Shi
   • Kunde Yang
   • Yuanliang Ma

   OriginalPaper 22 November 2015 Pages: 764 - 778

6. Cloud radiative forcing induced by layered clouds and associated impact on the atmospheric heating rate

   • Qiaoyi Lü
   • Jiming Li
   • Jianping Huang

   OriginalPaper 22 November 2015 Pages: 779 - 792

7. Dust aerosol effects on cirrus and altocumulus clouds in Northwest China

   • Wencai Wang
   • Lifang Sheng
   • Yongqing Han

   OriginalPaper 22 November 2015 Pages: 793 - 805

8. Modification of cumulus convection and planetary boundary layer schemes in the GRAPES global model

   • Kun Liu
   • Qiying Chen
   • Jian Sun

   OriginalPaper 22 November 2015 Pages: 806 - 822

9. Validation of the modified Becker’s split-window approach for retrieving land surface temperature from AVHRR

   • Weijun Quan
   • Hongbin Chen
   • Zhiqiang Ma

   OriginalPaper 22 November 2015 Pages: 823 - 836

10. Characterization of drought and its assessment over Sindh, Pakistan during 1951–2010

    • Shahzada Adnan
    • Kalim Ullah
    • Shouting Gao

    OriginalPaper 22 November 2015 Pages: 837 - 857