State Key Laboratory of Numerical Modeling for Atmospheric Sciences and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics (LASG), Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029,Laboratory for Climate Studies of China Meteorological Administration, National Climate Center, Beijing 100081,School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871,School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871,Institute of Meteorology, PLA University of Science and Engineering, Nanjing 211101,School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871
Abstract Recent advances in the study of nonlinear atmospheric and climate dynamics in China (2003--2006) are briefly reviewed. Major achievements in the following eight areas are covered: nonlinear error dynamics and predictability; nonlinear analysis of observational data; eddy-forced envelope Rossby soliton theory; sensitivity and stability of the ocean's thermohaline circulation; nonlinear wave dynamics; nonlinear analysis on fluctuations in the atmospheric boundary layer; the basic structures of atmospheric motions; some applications of variational methods.
