supported by National Basic Research Program of China(Grant No.2010CB950202);National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.41130102);Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education(Grant No.20120211130001);Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(Grant No.LZUJBKY-2014-119);the Open Foundation of MOE Key Laboratory of Western China’s Environmental System,Lanzhou University(Grant No.LZUJBKY-2013-BT01)
The term "westerlies-dominated climatic regime" describes the pattern of precipitation/moisture variations between westerliesdominated arid Central Asia(ACA) and mid-latitude monsoon-dominated Asia on decadal to multi...