Bolle / Menenti / Rasool Regional Climate Studies of China

1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-3-540-79242-0
Verlag: Springer-Verlag
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 476 Seiten

Regional Climate of China is the first volume to present the latest research findings gained over the last decade which has greatly advanced our knowledge of the regional climate researches in China. A distinctive feature of the volume is that it is based on an integration of researches by using the advanced technologies, such as field observation and experiment, satellite information and numerical models in the regional climate studies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bolle, H-J

Menenti, M.

Rasool, I.

Fu, Congbin

Jiang, Zhihong

Guan, Zhaoyong

He, Jinhai

Xu, Zhongfeng

He, Jinghai

Xu, Zhong-feng

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Preface;5
2;Contents;7
3;Contributing Authors;15
4;Chapter 1 Climate of China and East Asian Monsoon;18
4.1;1.1 Introduction;18
4.2;1.2 Characteristics of the onset of Asian summer monsoon;22
4.3;1.3 Features of vertically integrated moisture transport;34
4.4;1.4 “Climate effect” of the Northeast Cold Vortex and its influence on Meiyu;44
4.5;1.5 Droughts-floods coexistence (DFC) during the normal summer monsoons in the mid- and lower reaches of the Yangtze River;52
4.6;1.6 Conclusions and some outstanding issues;59
4.7;References;60
5;Chapter 2 Paleoclimate of China;66
5.1;2.1 Introduction;66
5.2;2.2 Reconstructed climate of China;67
5.3;2.3 Climate simulation of the last 1000 years;73
5.4;2.4 Sensitive simulation of climate in LIA;78
5.5;2.5 Palaeoclimate simulations of mid-Holocene and LGM;85
5.6;2.6 Summary;104
5.7;References;106
6;Chapter 3 Interdecadal Climate Variability in China Associated with the Pacific Decadal Oscillation;114
6.1;3.1 Introduction;114
6.2;3.2 Interdecadal oceanic anomalies in the North Pacific;116
6.3;3.3 Interdecadal atmospheric anomalies in East Asia;118
6.4;3.4 Interdecadal climate anomalies in China;120
6.5;3.5 Interdecadal change of ENSO’s impact on the climate of China;124
6.6;3.6 Summary;130
6.7;References;132
7;Chapter 4 Interannual Variability of Summer Climate of China in Association with ENSO and the Indian Ocean Dipole;136
7.1;4.1 Introduction;136
7.2;4.2 Precipitation and temperature changes related to ENSO;139
7.3;4.3 Circulation changes with ENSO;142
7.4;4.4 Influence of IOD on the East Asian summer monsoon;146
7.5;4.5 Concluding Remarks;164
7.6;References;166
8;Chapter 5 Aridity Trend in Northern China;172
8.1;5.1 Introduction;172
8.2;5.2 Aridity trend on geological time scales;176
8.3;5.3 Aridity trend in last hundred years;188
8.4;5.4 Inter-decadal variability of atmospheric circulation in association with the aridity trend;197
8.5;5.5 Observation and model validation of land-atmospheric interaction in semi-arid region;202
8.6;5.6 Potential human impacts on aridity trend;215
8.7;5.7 Conclusions;225
8.8;References;227
9;Chapter 6 Effects of the Tibetan Plateau on the Climate of China;236
9.1;6.1 Introduction;236
9.2;6.2 Climatic features of atmospheric heat source/sink over the TP;238
9.3;6.3 Roles of the TP in Asian monsoon;243
9.4;6.4 Plateau snow anomalies and its climate effects;253
9.5;6.5 The nature of the South Asia High and its climate effects;264
9.6;6.6 Seasonal east-west movement of the EASWJ and its association with the diabatic heating over the TP;270
9.7;6.7 Stratus generated by the TP and its possible climate effects;273
9.8;6.8 Conclusions;280
9.9;References;283
10;Chapter 7 Soil Moisture Variations and Its Impact on the Regional Climatic Change in China;288
10.1;7.1 Introduction;288
10.2;7.2 In situ measured soil moisture in China;290
10.3;7.3 Inversion of soil moisture from climate variables and remote sensing data;304
10.4;7.4 Relationship between soil moisture and regional climate variation in China;319
10.5;7.5 Summary and discussions;325
10.6;References;326
11;Chapter 8 Climate Extremes and Related Disasters in China;330
11.1;8.1 Introduction;330
11.2;8.2 Temperature extremes;331
11.3;8.3 Precipitation extremes;337
11.4;8.4 Cyclones;341
11.5;8.5 Droughts;346
11.6;8.6 Dust storms;348
11.7;8.7 Changes in climate extreme in associated with the mean state;352
11.8;8.8 Summary;355
11.9;References;356
12;Chapter 9 Regional Climate Modeling of China and East Asia;362
12.1;9.1 Introduction;362
12.2;9.2 Development of a regional climate model for Asia (RIEMS) and its validation;365
12.3;9.3 Simulation of climate of China and East Asia through inter-comparison of a set of regional climate models;372
12.4;9.4 Study on multi-RCM ensemble of regional climate simulation for Asia;389
12.5;9.5 Effects of increasing greenhouse gases and aerosols on regional climate of East Asia;395
12.6;9.6 Impact of human-induced large-scale land cover changes on the East Asian monsoon climate in RCM simulations;407
12.7;9.7 Summary;414
12.8;References;415
13;Chapter 10 Projection of Future Climate in China;426
13.1;10.1 Introduction;426
13.2;10.2 Projections of changes in temperature;428
13.3;10.3 Projections of changes in precipitation;438
13.4;10.4 Projection of extreme events;445
13.5;10.5 Conclusions and discussions;455
13.6;References;459
14;Chapter 11 Impacts of Climate Change on Water Resources and Agriculture in China;464
14.1;11.1 Introduction;464
14.2;11. 2 Impacts of climate change on water cycle and water resources;464
14.3;11.3 Impacts of climate change on agriculture;469
14.4;11.4 Summary and prospect;477
14.5;References;479
15;Glossary (Acronyms);482
16;Subject Index;489