Changes in climatic extremes over mainland China
Editors: G. Ren, Z. Guan, D. Y. Gong, X. Shao, M. A. Semenov
CR SPECIAL 28 analyzes recent and historical changes in extremes of temperature, precipitation, storms and drought in China. The analyses are based on climate indices, tree-ring data, historical documents, NCEP/NCAR reanalysis data, empirical orthogonal functions, and the climate model BCC_CSM1.0.
Contributions to this CR SPECIAL show that there are few recent increases in climate extremes, except with regard to minimum temperatures. The studies, however, provide a baseline for the assessment of future climate change. Furthermore, they document the need to improve observations and methodology for detection of regional climate change, as well as the skill of current climate models.
We are pleased to make the online version of this CR SPECIAL available with Open Access.
PREFACE:
Ren G, Guan Z, Shao X, Gong DY
Changes in climatic extremes over mainland China
CR 50:105-111 | Full text in pdf format
Ren G, Chen Y, Zou XK, Zhou YQ, Ren YY, Jiang Y, Ren FM, Zhang Q, Wang XL, Zhang L
Change in climatic extremes over mainland China based on an integrated extreme climate index
CR 50:113-124 | Full text in pdf format
Zhou Y, Ren G
Change in extreme temperature event frequency over mainland China, 1961−2008
CR 50:125-139 | Full text in pdf format
Zhang Y, Shao X, Yin ZY, Liang E, Tian Q, Xu Y
Characteristics of extreme droughts inferred from tree-ring data in the Qilian Mountains, 1700−2005
CR 50:141-159 | Full text in pdf format
Hao Z, Zheng J, Ge Q, Wang WC
Historical analogues of the 2008 extreme snow event over Central and Southern China
CR 50:161-170 | Full text in pdf format
Guan Z, Han J, Li M
Circulation patterns of regional mean daily precipitation extremes over the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River during the boreal summer
CR 50:171-185 | Full text in pdf format
Mao R, Gong DY, Yang J, Bao JD
Linkage between the Arctic Oscillation and winter extreme precipitation over central-southern China
CR 50:187-201 | Full text in pdf format
Wang L, Huang Q, Dai A, Guan Z, He J, Wu Z
Inhomogeneous distributions of Meiyu rainfall in the Jiang-Huai basin, and associated circulation patterns
CR 50:203-214 | Full text in pdf format
Drumond A, Nieto R, Gimeno L
Sources of moisture for China and their variations during drier and wetter conditions in 2000−2004: a Lagrangian approach
CR 50:215-225 | Full text in pdf format
Zhang L, Dong M, Wu T
Changes in precipitation extremes over Eastern China simulated by the Beijing Climate Center Climate System Model (BCC_CSM1.0)
CR 50:227-245 | Full text in pdf format
Zhao H, Gao G, Yan X, Zhang Q, Hou M, Zhu Y, Tian Z
Risk assessment of agricultural drought using the CERES-Wheat model: a case study of Henan Plain, China
CR 50:247-256 | Full text in pdf format