The diagnostic analysis shows that the rainfall has a considerable increase all over Xinjiang area since 1987, about 10 years later than the abrupt change of the general circulation in late 1970s.

• 研究结果表明,20世纪末的新疆气候转型比北半球70年代末转暖突变约晚10年,即新疆气候转型发生在1987年左右。