Abstract: It is demonstrated in this work that linearly unstable planetary waves can be resonantly excited to finite amplitude in a nonlinear barotropic atmosphere with vorticity forcing and dissipation. In a weakly forced/dissipated ...

Abstract: The Third Hadley Centre Coupled Ocean?Atmosphere General Circulation Model (HadCM3) is used to analyze the relation between northward energy transports in the ocean and atmosphere at centennial time scales. In a transient ...

Abstract: The role of ocean dynamics in low-frequency climate variability in the North Atlantic is investigated using the Hadley Centre coupled climate model (HadCM3). An ensemble of three 100-yr experiments, in which low-frequency ...

Abstract: Variability of the thermohaline circulation (THC) has been analyzed in a long control simulation by the Met Office's Third Hadley Centre Coupled Ocean?Atmosphere General Circulation Model (HadCM3). It is shown that internal ...

Abstract: This paper presents a scenario for understanding the unexpectedly large changes of deep waters and thermohaline circulation in the Eastern Mediterranean during the past decade. It is demonstrated as a possible deep-water ...

Abstract: Large-scale freshening of the northern Atlantic, and concurrent salinity increases in the low-latitude Atlantic upper layers, have been widely reported for the second half of the twentieth century. The role of anthropogenic ...

Abstract: Variability in soil moisture has implications for regional terrestrial environments under a warming climate. This paper focuses on the spatiotemporal variability in the intra-annual persistence of soil moisture in China ...

Abstract: AbstractThe amount of rainfall during June and July along the mei-yu front contributes about 45% to the total summer precipitation over the Yangtze River valley. How it will change under global warming is of great concern ...

Abstract: AbstractPersistent drought is a major meteorological disaster causing vast agricultural damage and long-term regional water crises. Over north China, this type of drought tends to begin in spring and to persist until summer ...