INFLUENCE OF EL NINO ON WEATHER AND CLIMATE IN CHINA

El Nino as well as the Southern Oscillation is one of the strongest signals known so far over climatic noise in interannual variations of the atmosphere and oceans.A great number of studies have shown definitely relationships between the events and climatic anomalies in China.In this review,observational results obtained in the recent several years are first summarized.Then the possible physical mechanisms on the influence of El Nino are presented and,finally,the associated problems are discussed.