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Study on Climate Change in Southwestern China

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Authors:
  1. Zongxing Li

    1. Cold and Arid Region Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China

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  • Nominated by Chinese Academy of Sciences as an outstanding Ph.D. thesis
  • Offers a needed exploration of the temporal and spatial pattern of climate change in southwestern China
  • Explores the action mechanism among the large-scale atmospheric circulation system, the complicated topography, human activities and regional climate changes
  • Analyzes the response of glaciers to climate change from the aspects of morphology of the glacier, glacial mass balance and the process of hydrology
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxvii
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  2. Introduction

    • Zongxing Li
    Pages 1-35

  3. Data and Methods

    • Zongxing Li
    Pages 37-59

  4. Spatial and Temporal Variation of Temperature and Precipitation in Southwestern China

    • Zongxing Li
    Pages 61-100

  5. Spatial and Temporal Variation of Climate Extremes in Southwestern China

    • Zongxing Li
    Pages 101-136

  6. Spatial and Temporal Variation of Sunshine Hours in Southwestern China

    • Zongxing Li
    Pages 137-168

  7. Spatial and Temporal Variation of Wind Speed in Southwestern China

    • Zongxing Li
    Pages 169-197

  8. Glaciers Response to Climate Change in Southwestern China

    • Zongxing Li
    Pages 199-232

  9. The Main Conclusion and Prospect

    • Zongxing Li
    Pages 233-243
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About this book

This thesis confirms many changes, including sharp temperature rise, interannual variability of precipitation, extreme climate events and significant decreases of sunshine duration and wind speed in southwestern China, and systemically explores the action mechanism between large-scale atmospheric circulation systems, the complicated topography, human activities and regional climate changes. This study also analyzes the response of glaciers to climate change so that on the one hand it clearly reflects the relationship between glacier morphologic changes and climate change; on the other, it reveals the mechanism of action of climate warming as a balance between energy and matter. The achievements of this study reflect a significant contribution to the body of research on the response of climate in cold regions, glaciers and human activities to a global change against the background of the typical monsoon climate, and have provided scientific basis for predictions, countermeasures against disasters from extreme weather, utilization of water and the establishment of counterplans to slow and adapt to climate change.
Zongxing Li works at the Cold and Arid Region Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Cold and Arid Region Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China

    Zongxing Li

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Study on Climate Change in Southwestern China

  • Authors: Zongxing Li

  • Series Title: Springer Theses

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-44742-0

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2015

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-662-44741-3Published: 07 November 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-51510-5Published: 23 August 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-44742-0Published: 27 October 2014

  • Series ISSN: 2190-5053

  • Series E-ISSN: 2190-5061

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXVII, 243

  • Number of Illustrations: 47 b/w illustrations, 37 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Climate Change, Climatology, Meteorology

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