Decadal Variations in the Relationship between the Western Pacific Subtropical High and Summer Heat Waves in East China

• Published in: Journal of climate Vol. 32; no. 5; pp. 1627 - 1640
• Main Authors: Liu, Qi, Zhou, Tianjun, Mao, Huiting, Fu, Congbin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Boston American Meteorological Society 01.03.2019
• Subjects: Anticyclones; Confidence intervals; Convection; Convection heating; Correlation coefficient; Correlation coefficients; Decadal variations; El Nino; El Nino phenomena; Heat; Heat waves; Heating; Heatwaves; Long-term changes; Maximum temperatures; Ocean temperature; Ocean warming; Pacific Decadal Oscillation; Phases; Records & achievements; Standard deviation; Studies; Summer; Temperature; Temperature data; Wind; China; Yangtze River

The western Pacific subtropical high (WPSH) is regarded as the key circulation system that dominates the summer heat waves over eastern China, but whether the WPSH–summer heat wave connection changes with time remains unknown. In this study, decadal variations in the WPSH–heat wave connection were e...