Enhanced or Weakened Western North Pacific Subtropical High under Global Warming?

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 5; no. 1; p. 16771
• Main Authors: He, Chao, Zhou, Tianjun, Lin, Ailan, Wu, Bo, Gu, Dejun, Li, Chunhui, Zheng, Bin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 26.11.2015; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 704/106/35/823; 704/106/694/2786; Humanities and Social Sciences; multidisciplinary; Science

The Western North Pacific Subtropical High (WNPSH) regulates East Asian climate in summer. Anomalous WNPSH causes floods, droughts and heat waves in China, Japan and Korea. The potential change of the WNPSH under global warming is concerned by Asian people, but whether the WNPSH would be enhanced or...