Modeling impacts of vegetation in western China on the summer climate of northwestern China |
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Authors: | Junming Chen Ping Zhao Hongli Liu Xiaoyin Guo |
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Affiliation: | Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing 100081; Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049,National Meteorological Information Centre, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing 100081,Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing 100081,Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing 100081 |
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Abstract: | Using the monthly NCEP-NCAR reanalysis dataset, the monthly temperature and precipitation
at surface stations of China, and the MM5 model, we examine impacts of vegetation cover changes in
western China on the interdecadal variability of the summer climate over northwestern China during
the past 30 years. It is found that the summer atmospheric circulation, surface air temperature,
and rainfall in the 1990s were different from those in the 1970s over northwestern China, with
generally more rainfall and higher temperatures in the 1990s. Associated with these changes, an
anomalous wave train appears in the lower troposphere at the midlatitudes of East Asia and the
low-pressure system to the north of the Tibetan Plateau is weaker. Meanwhile, the South Asian
high in the upper troposphere is also located more eastward. Numerical experiments show that
change of vegetation cover in western China generally forces anomalous circulations and
temperatures and rainfall over these regions. This consistency between the observations and
simulations implies that the interdecadal variability of the summer climate over northwestern
China between the 1990s and 1970s may result from a change of vegetation cover over western
China. |
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Keywords: | vegetation cover change regional climate northwestern China |
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