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

Figure 7

Time-latitude anomalies cross section (averaged over 105–120°E) of (a) geopotential height at 500 hPa, (b) meridional moisture flux, (c) moisture content, and (d) precipitation in summer.

(a) Summer geopotential height anomalies at 500 hPa

(b) Summer meridional moisture flux anomalies

(c) Summer moisture content anomalies

(d) Summer precipitation anomalies