CLIMATE OF CHINA

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bsp;                         Foreword
     During recent two decades, several books or monographs concerning the climate in
China have been published. Among them, most notable are the Climate of China written
by Zhang Jiacheng and Lin Zhiguang, the General Introduction to the Climate in China,
Edited by Zhang Jiacheng and Climate of China, Edited by Tao Shiyan et al. From the
various perspectives, these books provide comprehensive knowledge of the climate of
China. They are very useful for overall understanding of this subject. However, their
readership is mainly restricted to Chinese-speaking readers due to the fact that all of
these books were written in Chinese. Later, the book of Monsoons of China by Ding Yi-
hui is written in English, published by Kluwer Academic Publishers, but its main content
only deals with the East Asian monsoon and its effect on the climate in China. Now, the
present book of Climate of China is published in English, which will provide an updated
summary of the climate in China. It will be a useful reference to better understand the
recent progress in this area for English-speaking readers.
     This book highlights the following three aspects:
      (1) Climate change and variability. The major achievements in these areas obtained
by international and Chinese scientists are included in this book, especially those derived
by IPCC assessment reports. At present time, the climate change caused by the anthropo-
genic activities is of great concern for various governments and scientific communities.
This book systematically describes the regional manifestation of the global climate
change. On the other hand, the effect of ENSO events on the climate in China, especial-
ly on summer precipitation, is well illustrated. In the western literatures, this problem
has been paid to less attention, although the ENSO- monsoon relationship is a focus of
the Asian monsoon studied by numerous investigators.
      (2) Climate in the past and its linkage to the present climate in China. The book in-
cludes the discussion of major climate epochs during the last 10ka. The readers can clear-
                                
ly see the long – term evolution of the climate in China in the context of 10ka time –
scale. This helps elucidate and understand better the formation of the present climate
condition. The part of the changes of the frequency of summer precipitation pattern dur-
ing the last millennium is very instructive in this regard.
      (3) Operational climate prediction and multiple- purpose application. This is a new
aspect compared to other books on the climate of China. Seasonal and interannual cli-
mate prediction, especially the prediction by climate models, has been described in rela-
tion to the operational use in National Climate Center, China Meteorological Adminis-
tration.
     I believe that the publication of this book will be greatly welcome by international
and Chinese readers.
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书名:CLIMATE OF CHINA

作者:暂无

页数:未知

定价:¥75.0

出版社:气象出版社

出版日期:2007-09-05

ISBN:9787502943332

PDF电子书大小:86MB 高清扫描完整版