Publications

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Annual Reports

2010

2009

Articles

Yim, W. W. -S., 2010: Chilean Volcano Produces Trail of Destruction. Imperial Engineer, 12 (Spring), 10-11. PDF format

Yim, W. W. -S., 2010: Climate Change and Hong Kong's Freshwater Supply. Hong Kong Engineer, May issue, 38(5), 18. PDF format

Chan, J. C. L., 2010: Flooding: The possible changes under global warming. Asia Insurance Review, March issue, 94-95. PDF format
 

Journal papers

2011

Chan, J. C. L., K. S. Liu, M. Xu and Q. Yang, 2011: Variations of frequency of landfalling typhoons in East China, 1450–1949. Int. J. Climatol., DOI: 10.1002/joc.2410. PDF format NEW

Sohn, S.-J., C.-Y. Tam, K. Ashok and J.-B. Ahn, 2011: Quantifying the reliability of precipitation datasets for monitoring East Asian hydrological variations. Int'l. J. Climatol., DOI: 10.1002/joc.2380. PDF format

Xia, J. J., Z. W. Yan and W. Zhou, 2011: Changes in seasonality in China under enhanced atmospheric CO2 concentration. Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters, 4(1), 12-17. PDF format

Ng, E. K. W. and J. C. L. Chan, 2011: Interannual variations of tropical cyclone activity over the North Indian Ocean. Int’l J. Climatology, doi: 10.1002/joc.2304. PDF format

Huang, W.-R. and J. C. L. Chan, 2011: Maintenance mechanisms for the early-morning maximum summer rainfall over southeast China. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 137: n/a. doi: 10.1002/qj.815. PDF format

Li, X. Z., Z. Wen and W. Zhou, 2011: Long-term Change in Summer Water Vapor Transport over South China in Recent Decades. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan, 89A, 271-282. PDF Format

Gillies, R. R., S.-Y. Wang and W.-R. Huang, 2011: Observational and supportive modelling analyses of winter precipitation change in China over the last half century. International Journal of Climatology, doi: 10.1002/joc.2303. PDF format

Wei, K., W. Chen and W. Zhou, 2011: Changes in the East Asian Cold Season since 2000. Adv. Atmos. Sci., 28(1), 69–79. PDF format

2010

Chand, Savin S.,  Kevin J. E. Walsh and J. C. L. Chan, 2010: A Bayesian Regression Approach to Seasonal Prediction of Tropical Cyclones Affecting the Fiji Region. Journal of Climate, 23, 3425-3445. PDF format

Chen, G. H. and C. Y. Tam, 2010: Different impacts of two kinds of Pacific Ocean warming on tropical cyclone frequency over the western North Pacific. Geophysical Research Letters, 37, L01803, doi:10.1029/2009GL041708. PDF format

Chow, K. C. and J. C. L. Chan, 2010: A dual-scheme approach of cumulus parameterization for simulating the Asian summer monsoon. Meteor. Appl., 17, 287-297. PDF format

Feng, J., W. Chen, C.-Y. Tam and W. Zhou, 2010: Different Impacts of El Niño and El Niño Modoki on China Rainfall in the Decaying Phases. Int. J. Climatol., DOI: 10.1002/joc.2217. PDF format

Goh, A. Z. C. and J. C. L. Chan, 2010: An improved statistical scheme for the prediction of tropical cyclones making landfall in South China. Wea. Forecasting, 25, 587-593. PDF format

Goh, A. Z. C. and J. C. L. Chan, 2010: Interannual and interdecadal variations of tropical cyclone activity in the South China Sea. International Journal of Climatology, Int. J. Climatol. 30, 827–843. PDF format

Goh, A. Z. C. and J. C. L. Chan, 2010: Variations and Prediction of the Annual Number of Tropical Cyclone Affecting Korea and Japan. Int’l J. Climatology, DOI: 10.1002/joc.2258. PDF format

Huang, J., X. Wang, W. Zhou, D. Wang and F. Zhou, 2010: The Characteristics of Sea Fog with Different Airflow over the Yellow Sea in Boreal Spring. Acta Oceanol. Sin., 29, 3-12. PDF format

Huang, W.-R., J. C. L. Chan and S. Y. Wang, 2010: A planetary-scale land–sea breeze circulation in East Asia and the western North Pacific. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 136, 1543-1553. PDF format

Huang, W.-R., S-Y Wang and J. C. L. Chan, 2010: Discrepancies between global reanalyses and observations in the interdecadal variations of Southeast Asian cold surge. International Journal of Climatology, DOI: 10.1002/joc.2234. PDF format

Knutson, T. R., J. L. McBride, J. C. L. Chan, K. Emanuel, G. Holland, C. Landsea, I. Held, J. P. Kossin, A. K. Srivastava and M. Sugi, 2010: Tropical cyclones and climate change. Nature Geoscience, 3, 157-163. PDF format

Lee, Y. C., X. Yang and M. Wenig, 2010: Transport of Dusts from East Asian and non East Asian Sources to Hong Kong during Dust Storm Related Episodes/Events 1996-2007. Atmospheric Environment, 44, 3728-3738. PDF format

Liu, K. S. and J. C. L. Chan, 2010: Interannual variation of Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone activity and seasonal forecast of tropical cyclone number in the Australian region. Int'l J. Climatology, DOI: 10.1002/joc.2259. PDF Format

Liu, Q. Y., D. Wang, W. Zhou, Q. Xie and Y. Zhang, 2010: Co-variation of the Indonesian Throughflow and South China Sea Throughflow Associated with the 1976/77 Regime Shift. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 27(1), 87–94.  PDF format

Liu, Q. Y. and W. Zhou, 2010: The relationship between the Northwestern Pacific Typhoon Activity and the Upper-ocean Heat Content at Interdecadal Time Scale. Journal of Tropical Oceanography, 29, 8-14. PDF format

Wang, D. X., W. Zhou, X. L. Yu, Q. Xie and X. Wang, 2010: Marine Atmospheric Boundary Layers Associated with Summer Monsoon Onset over the South China Sea in 1998. Atmospheric and Oceanic Science letters, 3(5), 1-8. PDF format

Wang, L., W. Chen, W. Zhou, J. C. L. Chan, D. Barriopedrod and R. H. Huang, 2010: Effect of  the climate shift around mid 1970s on the relationship between wintertime Ural blocking circulation and East Asian climate. International Journal of Climatology, 30, 153-158, DOI:10.1002/joc.1876. PDF format

Wang, W. W., Y. Q. Yu, C. Li, W. Zhou, Q. Y. Liu and D. X. Wang, 2010: An Investigation of the South China Sea Throughflow and Its Impact on Upper Layer Heat Content of the South China Sea using LICOM. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 32(2), 1-11. PDF format

Wang, X., C. Z. Wang, W. Zhou, D. X. Wang and J. Song, 2010: Teleconnected Influence of North Atlantic Sea Surface Temperature on the El Nino Onset. Clim. Dyn., DOI:10.1007/s00382-010-0833-z. PDF format

Wu, Q. Z., Z. Wang, A. Gbaguidi, X. Tang and W. Zhou, 2010: Numerical Study of The Effect of Traffic Restriction on Air Quality in Beijing. Scientific Online Letters on the Atmosphere, 6A, 17−20, doi:10.2151/sola.6A-005. PDF format 

Yan, Y. F., Y. Q. Qi and W. Zhou, 2010: International heat content variability in the South China Sea and its response to ENSO. Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans, 50, 400-414. PDF format

Yu, F., Y. Zong, J. M. Lloyd, G. Huang, M. J. Leng, C. Kendrick, A. L. Lamb and W. W.-S. Yim, 2010: Bulk organic δ¹³C and C/N as indicators for sediment sources in the Pearl River delta and estuary, southern China. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 87, 618-630. PDF format

Zhou, L. T., C. Y. Tam, W. Zhou and J. C. L. Chan, 2010: Influence of South China Sea SST and the ENSO on Winter Rainfall over South China. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 27(4), 832–844. PDF format

2009

Ashok, K., C. Y. Tam, and W. J. Lee, 2009: ENSO Modoki impact on the Southern Hemisphere storm track activity during extended austral winter. Geophysical Research Letters, 36, L12705, doi:10.1029/2009GL038847, 2009.  PDF format

Chan, J. C. L., 2009: Thermodynamic control on the climate of intense tropical cyclones. Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 465, 3011–3021.  PDF format

Chan, J. C. L. and M. Xu, 2009: Inter-annual and Inter-decadal Variations of Landfalling Tropical Cyclones in East Asia. Part I: Time Series analysis. International Journal of Climatology, 29, 1285–1293. PDF format 

Kubota, H. and J. C. L. Chan, 2009: Interdecadal variability of tropical cyclone landfall in the Philippines from 1902 to 2005. Geophysical Research Letters, 36, L12802, doi:10.1029/2009GL038108, 2009. PDF format

Lee, Y. C., M. Wenig and X. Yang, 2009: The Emergence of Urban Ozone Episodes in Autumn and Air Temperature Rise in Hong Kong. Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health, 2,111–121, DOI:10.1007/s11869-009-0038-y. PDF format 

Lin, Z. D., R. Y. Lu and W. Zhou, 2009: Change in early-summer meridional teleconnection over the western North Pacific and East Asia around the late 1970s.  International Journal of climatology. DOI: 10.1002/joc.2038. PDF format

Song, J., W. Zhou, C. Li and L. Qi, 2009: Signature of the Antarctic oscillation in the northern hemisphere. Meteorol. Atmos. Phys., 105, 55–67. PDF format

Tong, H. W., J. C. L. Chan and W. Zhou, 2009: The Role of MJO and Mid-latitude Fronts in the South China Sea Summer Monsoon Onset. Clim. Dyn., 32, 827-841, doi:10.1007/s00382-008-0490-7. PDF format 

Wang, X., D. X. Wang and W. Zhou, 2009: Decadal variability of twentieth-century El Niño and La Niña occurrence from observations and IPCC AR4 coupled models. Geophysical Research Letters, 36, L11701, doi:10.1029/2009GL037929, 2009. PDF format  

Yan, H. M., C. Y. Li and W. Zhou, 2009: Influence of subtropical dipole pattern in Southern Indian Ocean on ENSO event. Chinese J Geophys., 52, 2436-2449. PDF format

Yuan, J. N., W. Zhou, H. J. Huang and F. Liao, 2009: Observational analysis of asymmetric distribution of convection associated with tropical cyclone “CHANCHU” and “PRAPIROON” making landfall along the south china coast. J. Trop. Meteor., 25, 101-109. PDF format

Yun, K.-S., B. Ren, K.-J. Ha, J. C. L. Chan and J.-G. Jhun, 2009: The 30-60 day oscillation in the East Asian summer monsoon and its time-dependent association with the ENSO. Tellus, 61A, 565-578. PDF format  

Zhou, W., J. C. L. Chan, W. Chen, J. Ling, J. G. Pinto and Y. Shao, 2009: Synoptic-scale controls of persistent low temperature and icy weather over Southern china in January 2008. Monthly Weather Review, 137, 3978-3991. PDF format

2008

Cheung, H. N. and W. Zhou, 2008: Interdecadal Variation of Winter Monsoon over South China. Hong Kong Meteorological Society Bulletin, 18, 49-61. PDF format

Wada, A. and J. C. L. Chan, 2008:  Relationship between typhoon activity and upper ocean heat content.  Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L17603, doi:10.1029/2008GL035129.  PDF format

Research Briefs

Updated 2011 Predictions of (1) Seasonal Tropical Cyclone Activity over the Western North Pacific, (2) Number of Tropical Cyclones Making Landfall in South China, and (3) Number of Tropical cyclones Affecting Korea and Japan PDF format

Verification of Forecasts of Tropical Cyclone Activity in the Australian region in 2010/11 PDF format

2011 Predictions of (1) Seasonal Tropical Cyclone Activity over the Western North Pacific, (2) Number of Tropical Cyclones Making Landfall in South China, and (3) Number of Tropical cyclones Affecting Korea and Japan PDF format

Verification of Forecasts of Tropical Cyclone Activity over the Western North Pacific and Number of Tropical Cyclones Making Landfall in South China and the Korea and Japan region in 2010 PDF format

2010/11 Predictions of Seasonal Tropical Cyclone Activity in the Australian Region PDF format

Updated forecasts of the number of tropical cyclones making landfall in (1) South China and (2) the Korea-Japan region in 2010 PDF format

Updated Prediction of Seasonal Tropical Cyclone Activity over the Western North Pacific for 2010 PDF format

Verification of Forecasts of Tropical Cyclone Activity in the Australian region in 2009/10 PDF format

Forecasts of the number of tropical cyclones making landfall in (1) South China and (2) the Korea-Japan region in 2010 PDF format

2010 Predictions of Seasonal Tropical Cyclone Activity over the Western North Pacific PDF format 

2009/10 Predictions of Seasonal Tropical Cyclone Activity in the Australian Region PDF format

2009 Updated Predictions of (1) Seasonal Tropical Cyclone Activity over the Western North Pacific, and (2) Number of Tropical Cyclones Making Landfall in South China  PDF format

2009 Predictions of (1) Seasonal Tropical Cyclone Activity over the Western North Pacific, and (2) Number of Tropical Cyclones Making Landfall in South China PDF format

Chan, J. C. L. and W. Zhou, 2008: The January/February 2008 Persistent Low Temperatures and Snowy/Icy Weather in Southern China: Meteorological Causes and Return Periods. PDF format

Updated Prediction of Seasonal Tropical Cyclone Activity over the Western North Pacific for 2008 PDF format

Predictions of Seasonal Tropical Cyclone Activity over the Western North Pacific for 2008 PDF format