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Observed changes in climate over Asia
Asia is the largest continent, containing more than half the world’s population, and is therefore an important geographical focus for researchers and policy makers concerned with climate change. However, observational studies of climate change in this region are lacking, particularly those focusing on the entire continent. This Climate Research (CR) Special contains the latest studies on observed changes in surface air temperature and precipitation over Asia, with an emphasis on long-term trends in mean and extreme climate over Asia, China, and the Yangtze River basin. All these studies are relevant to monitoring, detection and attribution of regional climate change, and are mostly based on the newly developed or updated surface observational datasets available from the China Meteorological Administration (CMA) and China University of Geosciences (Wuhan). Contributions to this CR Special will be of interest to readers from a wide range of fields, and in particular to policy makers and researchers investigating climate change.
Status: submissions closed.
Organizer: Guoyu Ren
Editor-in-Chief: Mikhail Semenov
Editors: Eduardo Zorita, Oliver Frauenfeld
The Special will be published as a Virtual Special, i.e. papers are published without delay in regular issues and are simultaneously collated on this separate, online Virtual Special contents page.
Ren G, Zhan Y, Ren Y, Wen K, Zhang Y, Sun X, Zhang P, Zheng X, Qin Y, Zhang S, He J
Observed changes in temperature and precipitation over Asia, 1901–2020
Clim Res 90:31-43 | Full text in pdf format 
Zhang S, Ren G, Zhan Y, Zhang C, Ren Y
Extreme precipitation changes over the Yangtze River Basin in 1901–2020
Clim Res 90:59-76 | Full text in pdf format
Wang P, Song C, Liu Y, Yang G, Wang J, Duan C, Ding Y
Decade-to-decade variations in summer precipitation patterns in eastern China since the 1960s: roles of water vapor transport and sea surface temperature
Clim Res 90:77-94 | Full text in pdf format
Wen K, Ren G, Ren Y, Cao L, Qin Y, Zhang P, He J, Xue X, Sun X
Long-term changes in surface air temperature over the Chinese mainland during 1901-2020
Clim Res 90:95-115 | Full text in pdf format
Zhan YJ, Ren GY
Change in mean and extreme precipitation in eastern China since 1901
Clim Res 91:1-19 | Full text in pdf format
He J, Ren G, Zhang P, Zheng X, Zhang S
Updated analysis of surface warming trends in North China based on in-depth homogenized data (1951-2020)
Clim Res 91:47-66 | Full text in pdf format
Sun X, Ren G, Ren Y, Lin W, Zhang P, Zhang S, Xue X
Asian climate warming since 1901: observation and simulation
Clim Res 91:67-82 | Full text in pdf format
Xue X, Ren G, Xu X, Zhang S
Spatial-temporal characteristics of tornadoes in China based on observational data of meteorological stations
Clim Res 91:83-96 | Full text in pdf format
Zheng X, Ren G, He J, Zhao Y, Ren Y, Yang G
Temporal characteristics of extreme high temperatures in Wuhan since 1881
CR 92:1-20 | Full text in pdf format
Qin Y, Ren G, Zhang P, Zhan Y, Zhang S, Xue X
Long-term trend of near-surface air temperature lapse rate over the Chinese mainland during 1961-2018
CR 92:21-31 | Full text in pdf format