Toward better watching of the deep atmosphere over East Asia

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2019-02-12
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AsalientfeatureoftheEastAsianorographyisthehugeTibetanPlateauinthewestandthebroadPacificintheeast.ReversalsinthetemperaturegradientbetweentheEurasiancontinentandtheadjacentPacificOceanassociatedwiththeprogressionoftheseasonshaveproducedtheprominentEastAsianmonsoonsystem.Thesummermonsooncontributesabout49%oftheannualprecipitationoverEastAsia.Anomalousmonsoonactivitieshaveandwillcontinuetoaffectmorethanonebillionpeoplelivinginthisarea(ZhouTJetal.,2009,2011).