Building on previous work conducted under a cooperation agreement between China Meteorological Administration (CMA) and the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BoM), we will report on further progress on the characteristics of atmospheric water vapour transport in the Australia-Asian monsoon region using “atmospheric river (AR)” diagnosis. AR refers to long and narrow bands of enhanced water vapour transport in the lower troposphere, often forming over warm oceans with the potential of producing heavy precipitation over the land. In this presentation, we will give an update of the recent analysis conducted within this bilateral project.