The weather in China is very complex and changeable, and various kinds of disaster weather and high-impact weather occur frequently. This book comprehensively and systematically introduce the characteristics of weather and climate, seasons, meteorological resources and disasters in China; the features and the influences and activities of the eastern Asian monsoon; the major weather systems such as eastern Asian cyclones, subtropical high pressure, and plateau systems; the theories and diagnostic methods for analyzing and forecasting of the disaster weather and high-impact weather processes such as the cold waves, rainstorms, severe convective weather, typhoon and tropical systems, as well a

Preface

Chapter 1 The Climate of China
1.1 Geographical Characteristics of China and Its Influence
1.2 Seasonal Division and Characteristics of Four Seasons in China
1.3 Major Meteorological Resources and Disasters in China
1.4 Geographical Distribution of Important Weather in China
1.5 Extreme Weather and Climate Events

Chapter 2 Monsoon
2.1 Monsoon and Its Effects
2.2 Monsoon Index and Its Application
2.3 Monsoon Circulation System
2.4 Formation and Change of East Asian Monsoon
2.5 Global Monsoon

Chapter 3 Major Weather Systems in China
3.1 Air Masses and Fronts
3.2 Cyclones and Anticyclones
3.3 Shear Lines and Low Vortices
3.4 Subtropical High
3.5 Plateau System
3.6 High and Low Level Jet Streams

Chapter 4 Cold Waves
4.1 Overview of Cold Wave in China
4.2 Polar Circulation and Westerly Disturbance
4.3 Cold Wave Weather Systems and Weather Processes
4.4 Forecast and Warning of Cold Wave Weather

Chapter 5 Heavy Rainstorms
5.1 Overview of Rainstorm in China
5.2 Circulation Characteristics of Large-scale Precipitation
5.3 On the Role of the Heavy Rain Different Scale Weather System
5.4 Diagnosis Analysis of the Rainstorm
5.5 Forecast of Heavy Rain

Chapter 6 Severe Convective Weather
6.1 Overview of Severe Convective Weather in China
6.2 Structure and Causes of Strong Convective Weather Systems
6.3 Mesoscale and Small Scale Weather Systems
6.4 Factors Affecting Convective Weather
6.5 Forecast of Convective Weather

Chapter 7 Typhoon
7.1 Definition and Climatic Characteristics of Typhoon
7.2 Structural Characteristics of Typhoons
7.3 The Path of Moving Typhoons and Forecast
7.4 Occurrence and Development of Typhoon
7.5 Forecasting and Early Warning of Typhoon Weather
7.6 Equatorial Convergence Zone
7.7 Tropical Disturbation and Vortexes
7.8 Tropical Cloud Clusters

Chapter 8 High Impact Weather
8.1 Freezing Weather
8.2 The Fog and Haze
8.3 Sand and Dust Storm Weather
8.4 Summer Heat
8.5 Strong Wind Processes
8.6 Environmental and Meteorological Problems

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