Changes in climatic extremes over mainland China

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CR Climate Research Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout the JournalEditorsSpecials CR 50:105-111 (2011) - DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/cr01067 Contribution to the CR Special: 'Changes in climatic extremes over mainland China' PREFACE Changes in climatic extremes over mainland China G. Ren1,*, Z. Guan2, X. Shao3, D. Y. Gong4 1Laboratory for Climate Studies, National Climate Centre, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing 100081, PR China 2Key Laboratory of Meteorological Disaster of the Ministry of Education, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, PR China 3Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, PR China 4State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100087, PR China *Email: guoyoo@cma.gov.cn ABSTRACT: This Climate Research Special includes 10 studies reporting recent findings on change in climatic extremes in mainland China, including its characteristics, possible causes and impacts. This preface provides a summary of research results and their implications for detecting, projecting and adapting to regional climate change. KEY WORDS:Climate change · Observation · Climate model · Temperature · Precipitation · Paleo-record · Circulation anomalies · Hazard risk Full text in pdf format NextCite this article as: Ren G, Guan Z, Shao X, Gong DY (2011) Changes in climatic extremes over mainland China. Clim Res 50:105-111. https://doi.org/10.3354/cr01067 Export citation RSS - Facebook - Tweet - linkedIn Cited by Published in CR Vol. 50, No. 2-3. Online publication date: December 22, 2011 Print ISSN: 0936-577X; Online ISSN: 1616-1572 Copyright © 2011 Inter-Research.