Variation of East Asian Summer Monsoon and Its Relationship with Precipitation of China in Recent 111 Years

Based on the monthly average SLP data in the northern hemisphere from 1899 to 2009, East Asian summer monsoon intensity index in recent 111 years was calculated, and the interdecadal and interannual variation characteristics of East Asian summer monsoon were analyzed. The results showed that East Asian summer monsoon in the 1920s was the strongest. The intensity of East Asian summer monsoon after the middle period of the 1980s presented weakened trend. It was the weakest in the early 21st century. Morlet wavelet analysis found that the interdecadal and interannual variations of East Asian summer monsoon had quasi-10-year and quasi-2-year significance periods. The interannual variation of precipitation in the east of China closely related to intensity variation of East Asian summer monsoon. In strong (weak) East Asian summer monsoon year, the rainfall in the middle and low reaches of Yangtze River was less (more) than that in common year, while the rainfall in North China was more (less) than that in common year. The weakening of East Asian summer monsoon was an important reason for that it was rainless (drought) in North China and rainy (flood) in the middle and low reaches of the Yangtze River after the middle period of the 1980s.