supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.41130103 and 41210007);the National Basic Research Program of China(Grant No.2009CB421406);the CAS–CSIRO Cooperative Research Program(Grant No.GJHZ1223)
This paper addresses the interannual variation of winter air temperature over Northeast China and its connection to preceding Eurasian snow cover. The results show that there is a significant negative correlation betw...
supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(2010CB950102 and 2009CB421406);the Strategic and Special Frontier Project of Science and Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDA05080803)
One of the key uncertainties in future sea-level projections is attributed to the Greenland ice sheet(GrIS).Studying the response of the GrIS to climate changes during the past warm periods is helpful for understandin...
funded by the National Basic Research Program of China(Grant Nos.2010CB950102 and 2009CB421406);the Nansen Scientific Society(Norway);part of the SeaLev projects at the Centre of Climate Dynamics/Bjerknes Center in Bergen
Sea level rise (SLR) is one of the major socioeconomic risks associated with global warming. Mass losses from the Greenland ice sheet (GrIS) will be partially responsible for future SLR, although there are large u...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41175073);the National Science Foundation of China (NSFC)-Yunnan Province Joint Grant (U1133603);the National Basic Research Program of China (2010CB428403 and 2009CB421406);the NOAA Climate Program Office and Michigan State University (NA10OAR4310246 and NA12OAR 4310081)
Seasonal rainfall predictability over the Huaihe River basin is evaluated in this paper on the basis of 23-year(1981-2003) retrospective forecasts by 10 climate models from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation(APEC) ...
supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (2009CB421406);the Knowledge Innovation Key Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (KZCX2-YW-QN202);Strategic Technological Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDA05090426)
In Northeast China during the winter, severe snowstorms can occur resulting in both societal and economic damage. In this paper, we explore an effective technique for the seasonal prediction of heavy snow activity, wh...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41130103);the National Basic Research Program of China (2009CB421406)
The East Asian winter monsoon (EAWM) consists of subsystems such as the Siberian high, Aleutian low, East Asian trough, low-level northerly wind and high-level East Asian jet stream. It is revealed that the interannua...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41130103);National Basic Research Program of China (2009CB421406);CAS-CSIRO Cooperative Research Program (GJHZ1223)
We studied long-term variation of winter snowfall in Northeast China (NEC) for 1951-2010. Results show that NEC snowfall increased about 20% during 1986-2010 relative to 1951-1985. Further investigation suggests that ...