1. Preface to special issue in commemoration of Shaowu Wang

   • Yihui Ding
   • Yong Luo
   • Tianjun Zhou

   Preface 21 March 2017 Pages: 1 - 2

2. An overview of mainland China temperature change research

   • Guoyu Ren
   • Yihui Ding
   • Guoli Tang

   OriginalPaper 21 March 2017 Pages: 3 - 16

3. Simulation of centennial-scale drought events over eastern China during the past 1500 years

   • Weiyi Sun
   • Jian Liu
   • Zhiyuan Wang

   OriginalPaper 21 March 2017 Pages: 17 - 27

4. Climatic aftermath of the 1815 Tambora eruption in China

   • Chaochao Gao
   • Yujuan Gao
   • Chunming Shi

   OriginalPaper 21 March 2017 Pages: 28 - 38

5. Tree-ring latewood width based July–August SPEI reconstruction in South China since 1888 and its possible connection with ENSO

   • Yesi Zhao
   • Jiangfeng Shi
   • Huayu Lu

   OriginalPaper 21 March 2017 Pages: 39 - 48

6. Observed, reconstructed, and simulated decadal variability of summer precipitation over eastern China

   • Jingyun Zheng
   • Maowei Wu
   • Xuezhen Zhang

   OriginalPaper 21 March 2017 Pages: 49 - 60

7. Amplification of the solar signal in the summer monsoon rainband in China by synergistic actions of different dynamical responses

   • Liang Zhao
   • Jingsong Wang
   • Ziniu Xiao

   OriginalPaper 21 March 2017 Pages: 61 - 72

8. Interdecadal variations of ENSO around 1999/2000

   • Zeng-Zhen Hu
   • Arun Kumar
   • Hong-Li Ren

   OriginalPaper 21 March 2017 Pages: 73 - 81

9. The asymmetric effects of El Niño and La Niña on the East Asian winter monsoon and their simulation by CMIP5 atmospheric models

   • Zhun Guo
   • Tianjun Zhou
   • Bo Wu

   OriginalPaper 21 March 2017 Pages: 82 - 93

10. Winter AO/NAO modifies summer ocean heat content and monsoonal circulation over the western Indian Ocean

    • Dao-Yi Gong
    • Dong Guo
    • Seong-Joong Kim

    OriginalPaper 21 March 2017 Pages: 94 - 106

11. How the “best” CMIP5 models project relations of Asian–Pacific Oscillation to circulation backgrounds favorable for tropical cyclone genesis over the western North Pacific

    • Botao Zhou
    • Ying Xu

    OriginalPaper 21 March 2017 Pages: 107 - 116

12. Changes in aridity in response to the global warming hiatus

    • Xiaodan Guan
    • Jianping Huang
    • Ruixia Guo

    OriginalPaper 21 March 2017 Pages: 117 - 125

13. Interdecadal change in the Eurasia–Pacific anti-phase relation of atmospheric mass and its possible link with PDO

    • Qian Zhang
    • Zhaoyong Guan

    OriginalPaper 21 March 2017 Pages: 126 - 141

14. Climatological characteristics of summer precipitation over East Asia measured by TRMM PR: A review

    • Yunfei Fu
    • Xiao Pan
    • Peng Liu

    OriginalPaper 21 March 2017 Pages: 142 - 159

15. Characterizing the winter concurrent variation patterns of the subtropical and polar-front jets over East Asia

    • Yaocun Zhang
    • Jiao Chen

    OriginalPaper 21 March 2017 Pages: 160 - 170

16. Impacts of the leading modes of tropical Indian Ocean sea surface temperature anomaly on sub-seasonal evolution of the circulation and rainfall over East Asia during boreal spring and summer

    • Senfeng Liu
    • Anmin Duan

    OriginalPaper 21 March 2017 Pages: 171 - 186

17. Comparison of two drought indices in studying regional meteorological drought events in China

    • Yongmei Wang
    • Fumin Ren
    • Yunjie Li

    OriginalPaper 21 March 2017 Pages: 187 - 195

18. Projecting South Asian summer precipitation in CMIP3 models: A comparison of the simulations with and without black carbon

    • Shuanglin Li
    • Rashed Mahmood

    OriginalPaper 21 March 2017 Pages: 196 - 203

19. Prediction of primary climate variability modes at the Beijing Climate Center

    • Hong-Li Ren
    • Fei-Fei Jin
    • Fang Zhou

    OriginalPaper 21 March 2017 Pages: 204 - 223

20. Reducing the prediction uncertainties of high-impact weather and climate events: An overview of studies at LASG

    • Wansuo Duan
    • Rong Feng

    OriginalPaper 21 March 2017 Pages: 224 - 235

21. Projection of China’s near- and long-term climate in a new high-resolution daily downscaled dataset NEX-GDDP

    • Yun Bao
    • Xinyu Wen

    OriginalPaper 21 March 2017 Pages: 236 - 249

22. Circulation characteristics of persistent cold spells in central–eastern North America

    • Zhenhua Li
    • Alan H. Manson
    • Chris Meek

    OriginalPaper 21 March 2017 Pages: 250 - 260