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Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology
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About: Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology is a education organization based out in Nanjing, China. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Precipitation & Aerosol. The organization has 14129 authors who have published 17985 publications receiving 267578 citations. The organization is also known as: Nan Xin Da.
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TL;DR: In this paper, a variety of satellite data products from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer were used to assess the biophysical consequences of the GGP for the Loess Plateau, the pilot region of the program.
Abstract: Afforestation has been implemented worldwide as regional and national policies to address environmental problems and to improve ecosystem services. China's central government launched the “Grain for Green” Program (GGP) in 1999 to increase forest cover and to control soil erosion by converting agricultural lands on steep slopes to forests and grasslands. Here a variety of satellite data products from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer were used to assess the biophysical consequences of the GGP for the Loess Plateau, the pilot region of the program. The average tree cover of the plateau substantially increased because of the GGP, with a relative increase of 41.0%. The GGP led to significant increases in enhanced vegetation index (EVI), leaf area index, and the fraction of photosynthetically active radiation absorbed by canopies. The increase in forest productivity as approximated by EVI was not driven by elevated air temperature, changing precipitation, or rising atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations. Moreover, the afforestation significantly reduced surface albedo, leading to a positive radiative forcing and a warming effect on the climate. The GGP also led to a significant decline in daytime land surface temperature and exerted a cooling effect on the climate. The GGP therefore has significant biophysical consequences by altering carbon cycling, hydrologic processes, and surface energy exchange and has significant feedbacks to the regional climate. The net radiative forcing on the climate depends on the offsetting of the negative forcing from carbon sequestration and higher evapotranspiration and the positive forcing from lower albedo.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the performance of 26 general circulation models (GCMs) available in the fifth phase of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP5) is evaluated in the Tibetan Plateau (TP) by comparison with the observations during 1961-2005.
Abstract: On the basis of mean temperature, maximum temperature and minimum temperature from the updated China Homogenized Historical Temperature Data Sets, the recent warming in the Tibetan Plateau (TP) during 1961–2005 and global warming hiatus period are examined. During 1961–2005, the mean temperature, maximum temperature and minimum temperature in the whole TP show a statistically increasing trend especially after the 1980s, with the annual rates of 0.27, 0.19 and 0.36 °C decade−1, respectively. The performance of 26 general circulation models (GCMs) available in the fifth phase of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP5) is evaluated in the TP by comparison with the observations during 1961–2005. Most CMIP5 GCMs can capture the decadal variations of the observed mean temperature, maximum temperature and minimum temperature, and have significant positive correlations with observations (R > 0.5), with root mean squared error <1 °C. This suggests that CMIP5 GCMs can reproduce the recent temperature evolution in the TP, but with cold biases. However, most CMIP5 GCMs underestimate the observed warming rates, especially the CNRM-CM5, GISS-E2-H and MRI-CGCM3 models. There are significant positive correlations between the trend magnitudes and the anomaly of the mean temperature, maximum temperature and minimum temperature, with correlations of 0.85, 0.86 and 0.87, respectively. The warming from the observations and CMIP5 mean in the TP is significant during the global hiatus period, consistent with decreasing snow cover and albedo in the region. This study suggests that positive snow/ice-albedo feedback processes may account for ongoing surface warming in the TP despite the pause in global mean surface warming.
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Goddard Space Flight Center1, University of Manitoba2, University of Massachusetts Lowell3, University of Maryland, College Park4, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation5, Earth System Research Laboratory6, Qatar Airways7, Columbia University8, Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research9, University of California, Los Angeles10, National University of the Littoral11, Spanish National Research Council12, Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory13, ETH Zurich14, Chinese Academy of Sciences15, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology16
TL;DR: This article presented a synthesis of current understanding of meteorological drought, with a focus on the large-scale controls on precipitation afforded by sea surface temperature (SST anomalies), land surface feedbacks, and radiative forcings.
Abstract: Drought affects virtually every region of the world, and potential shifts in its character in a changing climate are a major concern. This article presents a synthesis of current understanding of meteorological drought, with a focus on the large-scale controls on precipitation afforded by sea surface temperature (SST anomalies), land surface feedbacks, and radiative forcings. The synthesis is primarily based on regionally-focused articles submitted to the Global Drought Information System (GDIS) collection together with new results from a suite of atmospheric general circulation model experiments intended to integrate those studies into a coherent view of drought worldwide. On interannual time scales, the preeminence of ENSO as a driver of meteorological drought throughout much of the Americas, eastern Asia, Australia, and the Maritime Continent is now well established, whereas in other regions (e.g., Europe, Africa, and India), the response to ENSO is more ephemeral or nonexistent. Northern Eurasia, central Europe, as well as central and eastern Canada stand out as regions with little SST-forced impacts on precipitation interannual time scales. Decadal changes in SST appear to be a major factor in the occurrence of long-term drought, as highlighted by apparent impacts on precipitation of the late 1990s 'climate shifts' in the Pacific and Atlantic SST. Key remaining research challenges include (i) better quantification of unforced and forced atmospheric variability as well as land/atmosphere feedbacks, (ii) better understanding of the physical basis for the leading modes of climate variability and their predictability, and (iii) quantification of the relative contributions of internal decadal SST variability and forced climate change to long-term drought.
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TL;DR: The complex and nonlinear response of chemical compositions and sources of PM2.5 to air pollution control measures are highlighted, suggesting the importance of regional-joint control.
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TL;DR: In this paper, a spatial regression approach was proposed to map the peak daytime air temperature relative to a reference station on typical hot summer days using Vancouver, Canada as a case study, and three regression models, ordinary least squares regression, support vector machine and random forest, were all calibrated using Landsat TM/ETM+ data and field observations from two sources: Environment Canada and the Weather Underground.
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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Ashok Kumar | 151 | 5654 | 164086 |
Lei Zhang | 135 | 2240 | 99365 |
Bin Wang | 126 | 2226 | 74364 |
Shuicheng Yan | 123 | 810 | 66192 |
Zeshui Xu | 113 | 752 | 48543 |
Xiaoming Li | 113 | 1932 | 72445 |
Qiang Yang | 112 | 1117 | 71540 |
Yan Zhang | 107 | 2410 | 57758 |
Fei Wang | 107 | 1824 | 53587 |
Yongfa Zhu | 105 | 355 | 33765 |
James C. McWilliams | 104 | 535 | 47577 |
Zhi-Hua Zhou | 102 | 626 | 52850 |
Tao Li | 102 | 2483 | 60947 |
Lei Liu | 98 | 2041 | 51163 |
Jian Feng Ma | 97 | 305 | 32310 |