Aridity Trend in Northern China
Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Science, Other Sciences, Meteorology, Earth Sciences
| Author: | Congbin Fu, Huiting Mao | ISBN: | 9789814723558 |
| Publisher: | World Scientific Publishing Company | Publication: | March 10, 2017 |
| Imprint: | WSPC | Language: | English |
| Author: | Congbin Fu, Huiting Mao |
| ISBN: | 9789814723558 |
| Publisher: | World Scientific Publishing Company |
| Publication: | March 10, 2017 |
| Imprint: | WSPC |
| Language: | English |
The continued aridity trend occurring in many regions worldwide is a manifestation of the response of the earth system to global change. It hinders severely the sustainable development of these regions. Northern China is one of the largest and most affected regions in the world. This book documents the climate change in its arid and semi-arid areas on decadal to geological time scales based on analyses of various data sources. These analyses improved our understanding of the potential mechanisms driving the aridity trend, particularly in the second half of the 20th century. Based on these analyses and a systematic assessment of the impact of the aridity trend on the ecological and hydrological processes in northern China, measures of human adaptation to the aridity trend for socio-economic developments are proposed.
World Scientific Series on Asia-Pacific Weather and Climate is indexed in SCOPUS.
Contents:
- Introduction (Congbin Fu)
- Plio-Pleistocene Changes in Arid and Semi-arid Regions of Northern China on Geological Timescales (Zhongli Ding and Shiling Yang)
- Evidence of Aridity Trend in Northern China on Decadal Scales (Weidong Guo)
- Global Patterns of Aridity Trends and Time Regimes in Transition (Zhuguo Ma and Qing Yang)
- Hadley Cell Widening in Warming Climate and Implication to Expansion of World Dry Lands (Qiang Fu)
- Tropical Large-scale Atmospheric Interaction in Association with Subtropical Aridity Trend (Jianping Li and Juan Feng)
- Land-atmosphere Interaction in Semi-arid Regions (Congbin Fu)
- Impacts of Land Use/Cover Change on Aridity Trend (Shuyu Wang)
- Dust Aerosols and Aridity Trends (Jianping Huang, Wencai Wang and Tianhe Wang)
- Ecosystem Processes in Semi-arid Regions (Guangsheng Zhou, Li Zhou, Xinghua Sui and Yanling Jiang)
- Hydrological Processes in Semi-Arid Regions (Liliang Ren and Shanhu Jiang)
- Impact of the Aridity Trend on Socio-economic Development and Human Adaptation (Guoyu Qiu and Jing Yin)
- Summary
Readership: Graduate students, academics and researchers in atmospheric sciences, oceanography, and climate change.
The continued aridity trend occurring in many regions worldwide is a manifestation of the response of the earth system to global change. It hinders severely the sustainable development of these regions. Northern China is one of the largest and most affected regions in the world. This book documents the climate change in its arid and semi-arid areas on decadal to geological time scales based on analyses of various data sources. These analyses improved our understanding of the potential mechanisms driving the aridity trend, particularly in the second half of the 20th century. Based on these analyses and a systematic assessment of the impact of the aridity trend on the ecological and hydrological processes in northern China, measures of human adaptation to the aridity trend for socio-economic developments are proposed.
World Scientific Series on Asia-Pacific Weather and Climate is indexed in SCOPUS.
Contents:
- Introduction (Congbin Fu)
- Plio-Pleistocene Changes in Arid and Semi-arid Regions of Northern China on Geological Timescales (Zhongli Ding and Shiling Yang)
- Evidence of Aridity Trend in Northern China on Decadal Scales (Weidong Guo)
- Global Patterns of Aridity Trends and Time Regimes in Transition (Zhuguo Ma and Qing Yang)
- Hadley Cell Widening in Warming Climate and Implication to Expansion of World Dry Lands (Qiang Fu)
- Tropical Large-scale Atmospheric Interaction in Association with Subtropical Aridity Trend (Jianping Li and Juan Feng)
- Land-atmosphere Interaction in Semi-arid Regions (Congbin Fu)
- Impacts of Land Use/Cover Change on Aridity Trend (Shuyu Wang)
- Dust Aerosols and Aridity Trends (Jianping Huang, Wencai Wang and Tianhe Wang)
- Ecosystem Processes in Semi-arid Regions (Guangsheng Zhou, Li Zhou, Xinghua Sui and Yanling Jiang)
- Hydrological Processes in Semi-Arid Regions (Liliang Ren and Shanhu Jiang)
- Impact of the Aridity Trend on Socio-economic Development and Human Adaptation (Guoyu Qiu and Jing Yin)
- Summary
Readership: Graduate students, academics and researchers in atmospheric sciences, oceanography, and climate change.
