Variation in surface air temperature of China during the 20th century
The 20th century surface air temperature (SAT) records of China from various sources are analyzed using data which include the recently released Twentieth Century Reanalysis Project dataset. Two key features of the Chinese records are confirmed: (1) significant 1920s and 1940s warming in the tempera...
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ftpekinguniv:oai:localhost:20.500.11897/237844 2023-05-15T15:18:51+02:00 Variation in surface air temperature of China during the 20th century Soon, Willie Dutta, Koushik Legates, David R. Velasco, Victor Zhang, WeiJia Soon, W (reprint author), Harvard Smithsonian Ctr Astrophys, 60 Garden St, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA. Harvard Smithsonian Ctr Astrophys, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA. Univ Minnesota, Large Lakes Observ, Duluth, MN 55812 USA. Univ Delaware, Coll Earth Ocean & Environm, Newark, DE 19716 USA. Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Geofis, Dept Invest Solares & Planetarias, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico. Peking Univ, Dept Phys, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China. Harvard Smithsonian Ctr Astrophys, 60 Garden St, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA. 2011 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11897/237844 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jastp.2011.07.007 en eng journal of atmospheric and solar terrestrial physics JOURNAL OF ATMOSPHERIC AND SOLAR-TERRESTRIAL PHYSICS.2011,73,(16),2331-2344. 898612 1364-6826 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11897/237844 1879-1824 doi:10.1016/j.jastp.2011.07.007 WOS:000297141400008 EI SCI Total solar irradiance Sunshine duration Surface air temperature Circum-global teleconnection ASIAN SUMMER MONSOON NORTH-ATLANTIC OSCILLATION SOLAR-RADIATION CHANGES YANGTZE-RIVER VALLEY LONG-TERM TREND ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION UNITED-STATES TELECONNECTION PATTERNS CLIMATE VARIABILITY Journal 2011 ftpekinguniv https://doi.org/20.500.11897/237844 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jastp.2011.07.007 2021-08-01T08:47:49Z The 20th century surface air temperature (SAT) records of China from various sources are analyzed using data which include the recently released Twentieth Century Reanalysis Project dataset. Two key features of the Chinese records are confirmed: (1) significant 1920s and 1940s warming in the temperature records, and (2) evidence for a persistent multidecadal modulation of the Chinese surface temperature records in co-variations with both incoming solar radiation at the top of the atmosphere as well as the modulated solar radiation reaching ground surface. New evidence is presented for this Sun-climate link for the instrumental record from 1880 to 2002. Additionally, two non-local physical aspects of solar radiation-induced modulation of the Chinese SAT record are documented and discussed. Teleconnections that provide a persistent and systematic modulation of the temperature response of the Tibetan Plateau and/or the tropospheric air column above the Eurasian continent (e.g., 30 degrees N-70 degrees N; 0 degrees-120 degrees E) are described. These teleconnections may originate from the solar irradiance-Arctic-North Atlantic overturning circulation mechanism proposed by Soon (2009). Also considered is the modulation of large-scale land-sea thermal contrasts both in terms of meridional and zonal gradients between the subtropical western Pacific and mid-latitude North Pacific and the continental landmass of China. The Circum-global teleconnection (CGT) pattern of summer circulation of Ding and Wang (2005) provides a physical framework for study of the Sun-climate connection over East Asia. Our results highlight the importance of solar radiation reaching the ground and the concomitant importance of changes in atmospheric transparency or cloudiness or both in motivating a true physical explanation of any Sun-climate connection. We conclude that ground surface solar radiation is an important modulating factor for Chinese SAT changes on multidecadal to centennial timescales. Therefore, a comprehensive view of local and remote factors of climate change in China must take account of this as well as other natural and anthropogenic forcings. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Geochemistry & Geophysics Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences SCI(E) EI 0 ARTICLE 16 2331-2344 73 Journal/Newspaper Arctic Climate change North Atlantic North Atlantic oscillation Peking University Institutional Repository (PKU IR) Arctic Pacific Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics 73 16 2331 2344 |
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Total solar irradiance Sunshine duration Surface air temperature Circum-global teleconnection ASIAN SUMMER MONSOON NORTH-ATLANTIC OSCILLATION SOLAR-RADIATION CHANGES YANGTZE-RIVER VALLEY LONG-TERM TREND ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION UNITED-STATES TELECONNECTION PATTERNS CLIMATE VARIABILITY |
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Total solar irradiance Sunshine duration Surface air temperature Circum-global teleconnection ASIAN SUMMER MONSOON NORTH-ATLANTIC OSCILLATION SOLAR-RADIATION CHANGES YANGTZE-RIVER VALLEY LONG-TERM TREND ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION UNITED-STATES TELECONNECTION PATTERNS CLIMATE VARIABILITY Soon, Willie Dutta, Koushik Legates, David R. Velasco, Victor Zhang, WeiJia Variation in surface air temperature of China during the 20th century |
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The 20th century surface air temperature (SAT) records of China from various sources are analyzed using data which include the recently released Twentieth Century Reanalysis Project dataset. Two key features of the Chinese records are confirmed: (1) significant 1920s and 1940s warming in the temperature records, and (2) evidence for a persistent multidecadal modulation of the Chinese surface temperature records in co-variations with both incoming solar radiation at the top of the atmosphere as well as the modulated solar radiation reaching ground surface. New evidence is presented for this Sun-climate link for the instrumental record from 1880 to 2002. Additionally, two non-local physical aspects of solar radiation-induced modulation of the Chinese SAT record are documented and discussed. Teleconnections that provide a persistent and systematic modulation of the temperature response of the Tibetan Plateau and/or the tropospheric air column above the Eurasian continent (e.g., 30 degrees N-70 degrees N; 0 degrees-120 degrees E) are described. These teleconnections may originate from the solar irradiance-Arctic-North Atlantic overturning circulation mechanism proposed by Soon (2009). Also considered is the modulation of large-scale land-sea thermal contrasts both in terms of meridional and zonal gradients between the subtropical western Pacific and mid-latitude North Pacific and the continental landmass of China. The Circum-global teleconnection (CGT) pattern of summer circulation of Ding and Wang (2005) provides a physical framework for study of the Sun-climate connection over East Asia. Our results highlight the importance of solar radiation reaching the ground and the concomitant importance of changes in atmospheric transparency or cloudiness or both in motivating a true physical explanation of any Sun-climate connection. We conclude that ground surface solar radiation is an important modulating factor for Chinese SAT changes on multidecadal to centennial timescales. Therefore, a comprehensive view of local and remote factors of climate change in China must take account of this as well as other natural and anthropogenic forcings. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Geochemistry & Geophysics Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences SCI(E) EI 0 ARTICLE 16 2331-2344 73 |
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Soon, W (reprint author), Harvard Smithsonian Ctr Astrophys, 60 Garden St, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA. Harvard Smithsonian Ctr Astrophys, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA. Univ Minnesota, Large Lakes Observ, Duluth, MN 55812 USA. Univ Delaware, Coll Earth Ocean & Environm, Newark, DE 19716 USA. Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Geofis, Dept Invest Solares & Planetarias, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico. Peking Univ, Dept Phys, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China. Harvard Smithsonian Ctr Astrophys, 60 Garden St, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA. |
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Variation in surface air temperature of China during the 20th century |
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