[1] Subtropical cells (STCs) connect subduction zones of the eastern subtropics of both hemispheres to the equatorial current systems via equatorward flow in the thermocline. Some of this thermocline water is converted back into warm near-surface water in the eastern equatorial cold tongue from whence it is exported poleward. Here we examine the export pathways from the cold tongue in the Atlan...

Abstract. Cold fronts make a significant contribution to cool season rainfall in the extratropics and subtropics. In many regions of Southern Hemisphere amount frontal has declined recent decades, but there been no change frequency. We show that for southeast Australia this contradiction cannot be explained by changes intensity or moisture at latitudes interest. Rather, declining is associated ...

Phyllostachys edulis, also known as moso bamboo, is widely distributed in China, has strong carbon sequestration potential, and contributes significantly to sinks at the regional scale. However, distribution influencing factors of soil organic (SOC) are unclear bamboo forests We selected six sites edulis northern subtropics, middle southern subtropics China determine SOC contents estimate its s...

This article surveys the essential features of atmospheric water vapor dynamics needed to address current issues regarding the possible role of water vapor changes in mediating climate fluctuations on the millennial to Milankovic time scales. The focus is on the subtropics, which afford the most interesting possibilities for significant feedbacks. The observed distribution of water vapor, the a...