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Based on analysis of the climatic temperature latitudinal deviation on middle troposphere, its seasonal cycle suggests that due to the rapid warming from eastern China continent to the east of Tibetan Plateau and the heating of Tibetan Plateau in spring, seasonal transition of the thermal difference between East Asia continent and West Pacific first takes place in the subtropical region with greatest intensity. On the accompanying low troposphere, the prevailing wind turns from northerly in winter to southerly in summer with the convection precipitation occurring at the same time. This maybe indicates the onset of the East Asian subtropical summer monsoon. Consequently, we advice that the seasonal cycle formed by the zonal thermal contrast between Asian continent and West Pacific may be an independent driving force of East Asian subtropical monsoon.
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Supported jointly by National Basic Research Program of China (“973” Program) (Grant No. 2006CB403607) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 40633018)
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Qi, L., He, J., Zhang, Z. et al. Seasonal cycle of the zonal land-sea thermal contrast and East Asian subtropical monsoon circulation. Chin. Sci. Bull. 53, 131–136 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11434-007-0518-0
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