China experiencing the recent warming hiatus

Li, Qingxiang; Yang, Shuangyan; Xu, Weina; Wang, Xiaolan L.; Jones, Phil; Parker, D. E.; Zhou, Liming; Feng, Yang; Gao, Yun

doi:10.1002/2014gl062773

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“…Many studies indicate that the variations of extreme temperature are unbalanced and extreme temperature indices have an obvious trend turning in the 1990s [7,8]. Li et al [9] have analyzed the extreme temperature indices in China during nearly 50 years by using homogenized temperature data. The results show that the warming rate of mean annual maximum and minimum temperature decreased from 1998 to 2012, with a rate of over 0.4 • C decade −1 during the period 1961-1997, and the greatest decrease occurred in winter.…”

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The Spatial and Temporal Variation of Temperature in the Qinghai-Xizang (Tibetan) Plateau during 1971–2015

Yang

Wang

2017

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Abstract:The Tibetan Plateau (TP), which is well known as "The Third Pole", is of great importance to climate change in East Asia, and even the whole world. In this paper, we selected the monthly temperature (including the monthly mean and the maximum and minimum temperature) during 1971-2015 from 88 meteorological stations on the TP. The data were tested and corrected by using Penalized Maximal F Test (PMFT) based on RHtest. Afterwards, based on the Mann-Kendall test, we analyzed the seasonal and time-interval characteristics on each station in detail. The results show that the TP has experienced significant warming during 1971-2015. When comparing the selected elements, the warming rate of minimum temperature (T min ) is the largest, the mean temperature (T mean ) comes second, and the maximum temperature (T max ) is the smallest. The warming trends in four seasons are significant, and the highest warming rate occurs in winter. The warming trend on the TP has a prominent spatial difference, with a large warming rate on the eastern parts and a small one on the central regions. In different seasons, the warming trends on the TP have different characteristics in the time interval. Since 1998, the warming rate in spring increased markedly, spring has displaced winter as the season with the highest warming rate recently.

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The Spatial and Temporal Variation of Temperature in the Qinghai-Xizang (Tibetan) Plateau during 1971–2015

Yang

Wang

2017

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“…For example, although warming in the Northern Hemisphere is projected to increase in the future, the rate of global warming has slowed down over the past 15 years [23][24][25]. However, the response of vegetation to these trends remains uncertain, as the relationship between temperature and vegetation may change over time [26][27][28].…”

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NDVI-Based Analysis on the Influence of Climate Change and Human Activities on Vegetation Restoration in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Region, Central China

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Abstract:In recent decades, climate change has affected vegetation growth in terrestrial ecosystems. We investigated spatial and temporal patterns of vegetation cover on the Loess Plateau's Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia region in central China using MODIS-NDVI data for 2000-2014. We examined the roles of regional climate change and human activities in vegetation restoration, particularly from 1999 when conversion of sloping farmland to forestland or grassland began under the national Grain-for-Green program. Our results indicated a general upward trend in average NDVI values in the study area. The region's annual growth rate greatly exceeded those of the Three-North Shelter Forest, the upper reaches of the Yellow River, the Qinling-Daba Mountains, and the Three-River Headwater region. The green vegetation zone has been annually extending from the southeast toward the northwest, with about 97. 11164of ecological engineering projects. Under favorable climatic conditions, increasing local vegetation cover is primarily attributable to ecosystem reconstruction projects. However, our findings indicate a growing risk of vegetation degradation in the northern part of Shaanxi Province as a result of energy production facilities and chemical industry infrastructure, and increasing exploitation of mineral resources.

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“…For SCZ, because the LSTC is negative, the trend first increases at a rate of 0.09 °C/decade and then decreases at a rate of 0.21 °C/decade. Although there are debates regarding the global warming hiatus (Karl et al, ; Lewandowsky et al, ), the warming hiatus seems enhanced at region scales (Guan et al, ; Li et al, ). Moreover, Xie et al () found that the annual mean temperature in China exhibited a cooling trend during the recent global warming hiatus period, suggestive of a robust warming hiatus in China.…”

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Rapid Changes in Land‐Sea Thermal Contrast Across China's Coastal Zone in a Warming Climate

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Coastal areas are important sites of environmental and socioeconomic activities and are significantly influenced by climate change. Here we analyzed the current and future responses of spatiotemporal characteristics of land‐sea thermal contrast (LSTC) along China's coastal zone to global warming. Using the European Centre for Medium‐Range Weather Forecasts Re‐Analysis (ERA)‐Interim and 18 Coupled Model Intercomparison Project 5 models, we find that the rate of global warming significantly influenced the LSTC in summer. The LSTC first decreased and then increased during the warming and hiatus periods, respectively. In winter, the LSTC decreased in the Bohai Sea coastal zone, Yellow Sea‐East China Sea coastal zone, and South China Sea coastal zone at rates of 0.46 (p < 0.01), 0.18 (p < 0.01), and 0.19 °C/decade, respectively. Spatially, the LSTC decreased in summer and winter with the decrease in latitude and increased in summer and winter with the decrease in longitude. These changes were caused by urbanization, land use changes, and topography. The spatial distribution was more strongly controlled by land than by sea. Meanwhile, the land/sea warming ratio was concentrated within the range of 0–1 and 1–2, and land/sea temperature variation trends commonly followed the same direction. Overall, land/sea surface temperature variations had similar amplitudes. Under three Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs), the warming rate difference between land and sea in summer is small, but the land warms faster than the sea in winter, resulting in the LSTC decreasing fast in winter. Under RCP4.5 and RCP8.5, the linear trends in LSTC in Bohai Sea coastal zone, Yellow Sea‐East China Sea coastal zone, and South China Sea coastal zone ranged from 0.05 to 0.08 (p < 0.01) and 0.13 to 0.15 °C/decade (p < 0.01), respectively.

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China experiencing the recent warming hiatus

Cited by 123 publications

References 44 publications

The Spatial and Temporal Variation of Temperature in the Qinghai-Xizang (Tibetan) Plateau during 1971–2015

The Spatial and Temporal Variation of Temperature in the Qinghai-Xizang (Tibetan) Plateau during 1971–2015

NDVI-Based Analysis on the Influence of Climate Change and Human Activities on Vegetation Restoration in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Region, Central China

Rapid Changes in Land‐Sea Thermal Contrast Across China's Coastal Zone in a Warming Climate

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