Abstract: The island of Taiwan is situated in the main path of western North Pacific typhoons. Its dominant central mountain range (CMR), with a hoizontal scale comparable to the radius of a typhoon, often produces significant ...

Abstract: This paper describes the results from a set of numerical experiments which stimulate the effect of a large-scale removal of snow cover in middle and high latitudes during the early spring season. This is done through use ...

Abstract: This paper describes a series of numerical experiments simulating the effect of large-scale irrigation on short-term changes of hydrology and climate. This is done through the use of a simple general circulation model, ...

Abstract: Changes of the general circulation, especially the strength of the upper westerlies, over 28 months are investigated quantitatively.The role of the high troposphere, represented by the 300-mb level, is stressed and it is ...

Abstract: urface tracks of some cross-Taiwan tropical cyclones were discontinuous as a result of the blockage of the north-northeast?south-southwest-oriented Central Mountain Range (CMR). This paper tries to identify the variables ...