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Interdecadal and interannual timescales are dominant in the North China rainfall in rainy season (July and August). On the interdecadal timescale, the North China rainfall exhibited an abrupt decrease at the end of 1970s. In this study, we examined the effect of this abrupt rainfall decrease on the association between rainfall and circulation on the interannual timescale, and found that the interdecadal variation does not change the physical mechanism responsible for the interannual variation of North China rainfall. There is a linear relationship between the interdecadal and interannual variabilities of North China rainfall in rainy season.
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Lu, R. Linear relationship between the interdecadal and interannual variabilities of North China rainfall in rainy season. Chin.Sci.Bull. 48, 1040–1044 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03184223
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