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气候变化研究进展(英文版)
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气候变化研究进展(英文版)

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气候变化研究进展(英文版)/Journal Advances in Climate Change ResearchCSCD北大核心SCI
查看更多>>本刊是我国在气候变化研究领域内自然科学和社会科学相结合的综合性学术期刊,其目的是使我国以自然科学和社会科学相结合为特色的气候变化研究在国际上占有一席之地。主要刊登与气候变化相关的跨学科研究进展,包括国内外关于气候变化科学事实、影响及对策研究最新成果。本刊旨在促进气候变化研究的发展,并推动研究成果在经济社会可持续发展、适应和减缓气候变化对策制定、气候政策与环境外交谈判、资源保护和开发等方面的应用。
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    Biological crust in sand and dust storm source areas of Asia and its impact on dust emission

    ZHANG JianZHOU Chun-HongGUI Hai-LinZHANG Xiao-Ye...
    395-408页
    查看更多>>摘要:Even though the biological crusts are critical to dust emissions,no sand and dust forecast model have considered the impacts of the biological crust in dust emission scheme.This situation mainly comes from two scientific difficulties:there is no large scale regional biological crust data available that can be used in the forecast model;there is no quantification of how biological crusts impact on sand emission.In this way,we studied the distribution of biological soil crust in sand and dust storm source areas of Central and East Asia using Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer satellite surface reflectance data collected in 2000-2019 to determine its potential impact on dust emission according to two empirical schemes.We further evaluated the relationships between soil crust coverage,roughness length,and dust emission to study SDS source areas.We found that biological crust is widely distributed in SDS source areas of Central and East Asia,with coverage rates of 19.8% in Central Asian deserts,23.1% in the Gobi Desert,and 17.3%-32.8% in Chinese deserts (p > 0.05).Cyanobacteria and lichen coverage has increased in Chinese deserts,reflecting the recent impacts of the Project of Returning Farmland to Grassland and Farmland to Forests.However,biological soil crust coverage has not increased in Central Asian deserts or the Gobi Desert,and that in Central Asian deserts continues to decrease,demonstrating the complexity of the combined effects of human activities and climate change on its distribution.Biological soil crust increased the roughness length of Central and East Asian SDS source areas by 0.14-0.62 mm.The suppression of dust emission due to biological soil crust did not change among years during the study period.The horizontal and vertical dust flux inhibition coefficient (DFIC) were 2.0-11.0 and 1.7-2.9 (p > 0.05),respectively,clearly showing a suppressive effect.Improvement of the ecological environment in some deserts can lead to the ability of these crusts to inhibit dust erosion errors that must be considered in the dust emission scheme for areas where crust coverage has improved.

    Revealing climatic impacts on the temporal and spatial variation in vegetation activity across China:Sensitivity and contribution

    JIAO Ke-WeiGAO Jiang-BoLIU Zhi-HuaWU Shao-Hong...
    409-420页
    查看更多>>摘要:Relative weakness in sensitivity and contribution integration,especially lack of specific indicators at spatial and temporal scales,may hinder the formation of systematic knowledge for climate change impact on vegetation activity.Considering the interannual variability and periods difference,we investigated the ecosystem sensitivity to hydrothermal conditions and the contribution of individual climatic factors to vegetation activity on spatiotemporal scales during the period of 1980s-2013 in China.We ran simulations of the Common Land Model (CoLM) to obtain the photosynthetic rate,and used the satellite-derived Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI),to which we applied a temporal sensitivity analysis,the slope change ratio of accumulative quantity (SCRAQ),and geographical detectors.We show that the discrepancy be-tween warming and precipitation variation contributed to vegetation activity was more notable than the ecosystem sensitivity to hydrothermal conditions,regardless of which temporal and spatial scale was considered.The sensitivity of vegetation activity to hydrothermal variation in most parts of northeastern and western China was higher than elsewhere,and the contribution of warming to vegetation dynamics was relatively high in the Inner Mongolian Plateau and Tibetan Plateau (>60%),where the contribution of warming to the vegetation distribution was also greater than elsewhere in China.Conversely,the contribution of precipitation variation to vegetation dynamics was comparatively greater in northwestern China and subtropical and tropical regions (>55 %).The spatiotemporal contribution of precipitation variation to vegetation activity differed between regions,especially on the Tibetan Plateau and in subtropical and tropical regions.Moreover,both the temporal and spatial sensitivities to climate change were weak in the subtropical and tropical regions,where the contribution of climatic factors to vegetation dis-tribution was also small.Overall,temperature sensitivity and its contribution to vegetation activity were positively associated in most regions.However,the regions where precipitation contributed substantially to vegetation activity were not necessarily also highly sensitive to changes in precipitation within the range of variation explored.

    Climate change and its association with the expansion of vectors and vector-borne diseases in the Hindu Kush Himalayan region:A systematic synthesis of the literature

    Meghnath DHIMALIsabelle Marie KRAMERParbati PHUYALShyam Sundar BUDHATHOKI...
    421-429页
    查看更多>>摘要:Observed weather and projected climate change suggest an increase in the transmission of vector-borne diseases (VBDs) in the Hindu Kush Himalayan(HKH) region.In this study,we systematically explore the literature for empiric associations between the climate variables and specific VBDs and their vectors in the HKH region.We conducted a systematic synthesis of the published literature on climate variables,VBDs and vectors in the HKH region until the 8th of December 2020.The majority of studies show significant positive associations of VBDs with climatic factors,such as temperature,precipitation,relative humidity,etc.This systematic review allowed us to identify the most significant variables to be considered for evidence-based trend estimates of the effects of climate change on VBDs and their vectors in the HKH region.This evidence-based trend was set into the context of climate change as well as the observed expansion of VBDs and disease vectors in the HKH region.The geographic range of VBDs expanded into previously considered non-endemic areas of highlands (mountains) in the HKH region.Based on scarce,but clear evidence of a positive relationship of most climate variables and VBDs and the observed climatic changes,we strongly recommend an expansion of vector control and surveillance programmes in areas of the HKH region that were previously considered to be non-endemic.

    Cryospheric water regime by its functions and services in China

    ZHANG WeiXiaoming WANGSHEN Yong-PingYANG Xue-Wen...
    430-443页
    查看更多>>摘要:The terrestrial cryosphere functions to provide critical freshwater and serve societies and ecosystems,driving nature's contributions to people(NCP).This becomes increasingly important for the oasis areas in Northwest China.The cryospheric meltwater is in demand to support the economy and reduce poverty,accompanied by growing requirements to protect the environment.We intend to investigate the contributions of cryospheric meltwater by analyzing the spatial functions and services pertinent to provisioning meltwater in China.Based on the currently available datasets during the 2000s of glaciers,snow cover,and permafrost,spatial clustering was utilized to analyze the contributions at the third-level basin scale.Further assessment is carried out for the exposure of primary,secondary,and tertiary industrial sectors to cryospheric meltwater,which reflects the spatiality of potential services that cryospheric meltwater may provide.In results,we spatially cluster the contribution of cryospheric meltwater into six function zones and twenty-seven sub-zones,in association with the degree of their reliance on glaciers,snow cover,and permafrost.Considering the sector's exposure,we further spatially cluster the contribution areas into eleven service zones concerning the potential service of cryospheric meltwater.Generally,the cryosphere contributes approximately 8.3% of the total water resource in China,with function zones mainly distributed in northeastern China,Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP),and other arid regions of Northwest China with various significance.The overall contribution ratios of the glacier,snow cover,and permafrost to cryospheric meltwater are about 35.6%,56.5%,and 7.9%,respectively.By looking into the service zones,the cryospheric meltwater mainly contributes to the primary industry in Northwest China and QTP,even though it has less significant effects on all other industrial sectors,while the services to the ecosystem are mainly located in QTP and high mountain regions.The results offer an overarching view on the contributions of cryospheric meltwater in China.