1. Preface

   • Zhongwei Yan

   OriginalPaper 04 February 2011 Pages: 245 - 245

2. The role of warm North Atlantic SST in the formation of positive height anomalies over the Ural Mountains during January 2008

   • Zhe Han
   • Shuanglin Li
   • Mu Mu

   OriginalPaper 04 February 2011 Pages: 246 - 256

3. The interannual variability of summer rainfall in the arid and semiarid regions of Northern China and its association with the northern hemisphere circumglobal teleconnection

   • Gang Huang
   • Yong Liu
   • Ronghui Huang

   OriginalPaper 04 February 2011 Pages: 257 - 268

4. Changes in seasonal cycle and extremes in China during the period 1960–2008

   • Zhongwei Yan
   • Jiangjiang Xia
   • Wen Zhou

   OriginalPaper 04 February 2011 Pages: 269 - 283

5. The role of changes in the annual cycle in earlier onset of climatic spring in northern China

   • Cheng Qian
   • Congbin Fu
   • Zhongwei Yan

   OriginalPaper 04 February 2011 Pages: 284 - 296

6. Trends in temperature extremes in association with weather-intraseasonal fluctuations in eastern China

   • Cheng Qian
   • Zhongwei Yan
   • Kai Tu

   OriginalPaper 04 February 2011 Pages: 297 - 309

7. Ranking regional drought events in China for 1960–2009

   • Weihong Qian
   • Xiaolong Shan
   • Yafen Zhu

   OriginalPaper 04 February 2011 Pages: 310 - 321

8. Geographical patterns and temporal variations of regional dry and wet heatwave events in China during 1960–2008

   • Ting Ding
   • Weihong Qian

   OriginalPaper 04 February 2011 Pages: 322 - 337

9. Identifying regional prolonged low temperature events in China

   • Zongjie Zhang
   • Weihong Qian

   OriginalPaper 04 February 2011 Pages: 338 - 351

10. A comparative analysis of primary and extreme characteristics of dry or wet status between Asia and North America

    • Lijuan Hua
    • Zhuguo Ma
    • Linhao Zhong

    OriginalPaper 04 February 2011 Pages: 352 - 362

11. Variation in summer rainfall in North China during the period 1956–2007 and links with atmospheric circulation

    • Feng Liang
    • Shiyan Tao
    • Cholaw Bueh

    OriginalPaper 04 February 2011 Pages: 363 - 374

12. A new precipitation index for the spatiotemporal distribution of drought and flooding in the reaches of the Yangtze and Huaihe Rivers and related characteristics of atmospheric circulation

    • Haifeng Zong
    • Qingyun Zhang

    OriginalPaper 04 February 2011 Pages: 375 - 386

13. Anomalous midsummer rainfall in Yangtze River-Huaihe River valleys and its association with the East Asia westerly jet

    • Shouli Xuan
    • Qingyun Zhang
    • Shuqing Sun

    OriginalPaper 04 February 2011 Pages: 387 - 397

14. The significant relationship between the Arctic Oscillation (AO) in December and the January climate over South China

    • Hui Yang

    OriginalPaper 04 February 2011 Pages: 398 - 407

15. Changes in wind speed and extremes in Beijing during 1960–2008 based on homogenized observations

    • Zhen Li
    • Zhongwei Yan
    • Yingchun Wang

    OriginalPaper 04 February 2011 Pages: 408 - 420

16. The impact of the tropical Indian Ocean on South Asian High in boreal summer

    • Gang Huang
    • Xia Qu
    • Kaiming Hu

    OriginalPaper 04 February 2011 Pages: 421 - 432

17. Multi-model projection of July–August climate extreme changes over China under CO₂ doubling. Part I: Precipitation

    • Hongmei Li
    • Lei Feng
    • Tianjun Zhou

    OriginalPaper 04 February 2011 Pages: 433 - 447

18. Multi-model projection of July–August climate extreme changes over China under CO₂ doubling. Part II: Temperature

    • Hongmei Li
    • Lei Feng
    • Tianjun Zhou

    OriginalPaper 04 February 2011 Pages: 448 - 463

19. Projection of future precipitation change over China with a high-resolution global atmospheric model

    • Lei Feng
    • Tianjun Zhou
    • Jing-Jia Luo

    OriginalPaper 04 February 2011 Pages: 464 - 476