This book will provide relatively full list of literatures and relatively detailed historyof research on climate of China from mid-20th century to the early 21st century. It willshow the present status of studies on climate of China.

The newest results and historical review of the studies on the climate of China are given in the book,which highlights the research achievements carried out by the Chinese scientists over the mainland ofChina. The aim of compiling the book is to provide more or less complete information about climaticstudies of China not only to Chinese, but also to foreign readers, who may or may not be familiar withChinese language, or it is difficult for them to find out the literature in Chinese. This book may be usefulalso to the scientists, students, and postgraduate students in the field of meteorology, agriculture, geography,oceanography, ecosystem and environment sciences.

Foreword

Preface

Chapter 1 History of Climate Studies in China

 1.1 Development of climatology around the world

 1.2 Global view on the anthropogenic climate change

 1.3 Studies of climatography and climate change in China

 1.4 Synoptic climatology in China

 1.5 Climate forecasting and prediction in China

 References

Chapter 2 Climate Characteristics

 2.1 Geographical features

 2.2 Temperature

 2.3 Precipitation

 2.4 Humidity and cloudiness

 2.5 Winds and atmospheric pressure systems

 2.6 Main climate features

 References

Chapter 3 Regional Climate of China

 3.1 China's climate classification

 3.2 Northeast China

 3.3 North China

 3.4 Northwest China

 3.5 Central China

 3.6 South China

 3.7 Southwest China

 3.8 Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

 References

Chapter 4 Climate Aspects of the East Asian Monsoon

 4.1 Understanding the East Asian Monsoon

 4.2 The summer monsoon

 4.3 The winter monsoon

 4.4 Teleconnection of monsoons

 4.5 Interdecadal variability of the monsoon

 References

Chapter 5 Climate Disasters

 5.1 Introduction to the major natural climate disasters in Chin

 5.2 Severe floods and droughts

 5.3 Bitter winters

 5.4 Cool summers

 5.5 Typhoon disasters

 5.6 Dust storms

 References

Chapter 6 Atmospheric Circulation over East Asia and the Climate of China

 6.1 Atmospheric centers of action

 6.2 Atmospheric circulation in the upper troposphere

 6.3 The Blocking High over North Asia

 6.4 The Subtropical High over the western Pacific

 6.5 Typhoons and the atmospheric circulation

 References

Chapter 7 Climate in the Past

 7.1 Climate during the last 10 ka

 7.2 Temperature changes during the last three millennia

 7.3 The Little Ice Age

 7.4 Changes of the frequency of summer precipitation pattern during the last millennium

 7.5 Climate Change since AD 1880

 References

Chapter 8 Climate Variability in Association with ENSO

 8.1 Teleconnection of ENSO to precipitation and temperature in China

 8.2 ENSO impact on subtropical high over the Northwestern Pacific

 8.3 Subtropical high and ENSO since the late 19th century: reconstruction and simulation

 8.4 A recent summer rain-belt migration in East Asia during the late 1970s

 8.5 ENSO and East Asian Monsoon

 8.6 Changes of ENSO variability and its influence since 16th century

 8.7 ENSO prediction

 References

Chapter 9 Seasonal to Interannual Climate Prediction

 9.1 Overview of operational forecasting and prediction

 9.2 Understanding variations of summer rainfall

 9.3 Statistical models

 9.4 IAP dynamic model system

 9.5 NCC dynamical model system

 References

Chapter 10 Climate Warming in China

 10.1 Climate warming in China for the 20th century

 10.2 Climate warming in China for the last 50 years

 10.3 Climate models and scenarios referring to the global warming in China

 10.4 Detection of climate change due to human activities for the 20th century

 10.5 Projection of climate change due to human activities for the 21st aentury in China

 10.6 Uncertainties on impacts of human activities upon climate changes in China

 References

Chapter 11 Model Simulations of the Climate of China

 11.1 Simulation of atmospheric circulation over East Asia by AGCM

 11.2 Twentieth century climate of China simulated by AGCM with observational SST forcing

 11.3 Twentieth century climate of China simulated by coupled climate models

 11.4 Performance of regional model in the simulation of the climate of China

 11.5 Simulation of the recent half-century summer rainfall variability in China with RegCM3

 References

Index

Address Book of Authors

Colour Plates