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Title Changes in the human-monsoon system of East Asia in the context of global change / editors Congbin Fu, J.R. Freney, J.W.B. Stewart
Published Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 369 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Monsoon Asia integrated regional study on global change ; v. 1
Monsoon Asia integrated regional study on global change ; v. 1.
Contents Thermal-dynamical effects of the Tibetan Plateau on the East Asian monsoon / Guoxiong Wu [and others] -- Paleo-monsoon variations in East Asia reconstructed from terrestrial records / Li Li and Zhisheng An -- Paleo-monsoon evolution and variability derived from deep-sea sediments / Pinxian Wang -- Late Quaternary paleoclimate simulations and model comparisons for East Asian monsoon / Ge Yu [and others] -- El Niño and the southern oscillation-monsoon interaction and interannual climate / Chongyin Li and Ronghui Huang -- Recent trends in summer precipitation in China and Mongolia / Tetsuzo Yasunari, Nobuhiko Endo and Borjiginte Ailikun -- Warming in East Asia as a consequence of increasing greenhouse gases / Zongci Zhao, Akio Kitoh and Dong-Kyou Lee -- Climate impacts of atmospheric sulfate and black carbon aerosols / Yun Qian [and others] -- Long-range transport and deposition of dust aerosols over the ocean, and their impacts on climate / Zifa Wang, Guangyu Shi and Young-Joon Kim -- Land use and land cover change in East Asia and its potential impacts on monsoon climate / Congbin Fu and Shuyu Wang -- The terrestrial carbon budget in East Asia : human and natural impacts / Hanqin Tian [and others] -- Impacts of agriculture on the nitrogen cycle / Zhengqin Xiong [and others] -- Impacts of land use on structure and function of terrestrial ecosystems and biodiversity / Kanehiro Kitayama, Guangsheng Zhou and Keping Ma -- Impact of land use in semiarid Asia on aridification and desertification / Dennis Ojima [and others] -- Transport of materials induced by human activities along the Yellow and Yangtze Rivers / Dunxin Hu [and others] -- Impacts of global warming on living resources in ocean and coastal ecosystems / Qisheng Tang and Ling Tong -- Sea-level changes and vulnerability of the coastal zone / Nobuo Mimura and Hiromune Yokoki -- Changes in population number, composition, distribution, and consumption in East Asia / Xizhe Peng and Xuehui Han -- Application of clean technologies and new policies to reduce emissions and the impacts of environmental change on human health / Kejun Jiang and Gang Wen -- Trends and proactive risk management of climate-related disasters / Pei Jun Shi [and others] -- Assessment of vulnerability and adaptation to climate changes in western China / Yongyuan Yin, Peng Gong and Yihui Ding -- Application of Asia-Pacific integrated model in East Asia / Xiulian Hu and Kejun Jiang -- Human drivers of change in the East Asian monsoon system / Karen Seto [and others]
Summary This book is the first in a series of assessments of regional climate change. Irreversible changes to regional biogeochemistry, and terrestrial and marine ecosystem functioning are brought about by increases in population, intensified land use, urbanization, industrialization and economic development. These may have global as well as regional consequences. The objectives of the assessments are, (i) to better understand how human activities in regions are altering regional atmospheric, terrestrial, and marine environments, (ii) to provide a sound scientific basis for sustainable regional develo
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Monsoons -- East Asia
Climatic changes -- East Asia
SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Meteorology & Climatology.
Climatic changes
Monsoons
Anthropogene Klimaänderung
Monsunklima
East Asia
Ostasien
Form Electronic book
Author Fu, Congbin
Freney, J. R. (John Raymond)
Stewart, J. W. B
ISBN 9789812832429
9812832424