On the Linkage between the Extreme Drought and Pluvial Patterns in China and the Large-Scale Atmospheric Circulation

Figure 8

The mean and difference of meridional circulation cells averaged over 105–120°E. The mean for the periods of (a) 1959–1966 and (b) 1997–2003, (c) the difference between 1959–1966 and 1958–2010, and (d) the difference between 1997–2003 and 1958–2010 (unit: 0.1 m/s).

(a) 1959–1966 mean

(b) 1997–2003 mean

(c) 1959–1966 difference

(d) 1997–2003 difference