Natural climatic variability and the Norse settlements in Greenland

A multi-millennial simulation with the CSIRO Mark 2 coupled global climatic model has been used to determine whether climatic conditions approximate to those experienced by the medieval Norse settlers in Greenland could be identified. The aim of this analysis was to see whether such conditions could be replicated by the natural climatic variability in this unforced simulation, in order to counteract claims that the current observed global warming is merely another example of this type of climatic regime. This view has been expressed in the media in an attempt to refute the existence of a CO₂-induced global warming. A 291-year period of above-average temperature followed by a 41-year cooler period were identified in one millennium of the simulation, and subsequently used as an analogue of conditions representative of the time of the Norse settlements. Considerable interannual variability existed in both these periods, but with noticeable positive and negative surface temperature anomalies in the warm and cold periods respectively. Thus the warm period was not a time of uniform benign conditions. Above-average precipitation was also associated with the warm period, and these climatic conditions would have enhanced pasture growth and hay production (the only crop the Norse produced) thereby sustaining the livelihood of the Norse Greenlanders. The climatic conditions associated with the cold period in the model were probably sufficient to limit the survival prospects of the settlers, especially when other, probably more critical, deleterious factors are taken into account. The temperature anomalies replicated in the simulation are similar to the limited proxy data, but may be smaller in magnitude: nevertheless they appear to be sufficiently large to have affected the viability of the Norse Greenlanders. After considering possible climatic mechanisms that could have contributed to these warm and cold periods it was concluded that they are simply a consequence of stochastic influences generated by nonlinear processes in the simulation. Thus this simulation provides no support for the contention that the current global warming is a manifestation of conditions prevailing during the Norse settlements in Greenland.     

基于1873年以来器测气温的二十四节气气候变化

2000多年来二十四节气已广泛用于指导人们生产和生活。然而传统二十四节气的应用意义在当前全球变暖背景下正在发生变化。气候学二十四节气的提出赋予了二十四节气动态变化的内涵,有利于更好地发挥其现实指导作用。本文利用北京观象台1940~2017年和上海徐家汇站1873~2017年均一化的逐日气温观测序列,分析了近百余年二十四节气气候变化特征。结果显示,北京1941~2016年和上海1874~2016年的年平均气温和二十四节气气温都呈现变暖趋势,导致早春到初夏阶段的气候学节气呈现提前的趋势,而夏末到初冬阶段的节气呈现推迟的趋势;这些趋势大部分是统计显著的。北京和上海的极端冷事件（以大寒标准定义）均呈现显著的减少趋势,上海的极端热事件（以大暑标准定义）呈现显著的增多趋势。除了长期趋势之外,上海极端热事件频数和夏季平均气温演变中都存在明显的60~80年周期的多年代际变率,和大西洋多年代际振荡相关。相比以往基于1960年以来的观测所做的二十四节气气候趋势分析,本文揭示了更完善的长期气候变化特征,有助于从精细化的季节循环演变角度丰富关于近代中国气候变暖的认识,为适应气候变化提供科学基础。     

东北地区夏季气温变化特征分析

采用1951～2003年26个气象台站的夏季气温资料对我国东北地区夏季气温变化特征进行了分析。结果表明:近50多年来我国东北地区夏季气温主要经历了冷期、相对正常期和暖期3个阶段,夏季升温趋势达到0·15℃/10a,远超过全球、北半球、东北亚夏季的增暖程度。其对全球气候变暖的响应,一方面表现在夏季变暖、平均气温升高;另一方面表现在夏季气温变率加大;第三,气候变暖使东北夏季低温冷害明显减少、异常高温气候明显增多,但在变暖形势下局部发生低温冷害的现象仍然存在。     

自适应多分辨数据滤波器及其在我国气候诊断中的应用

本文以小波分析的多分辨分析理论为基础，建立了一个自适应的多分辨数据滤波器。该滤波器不仅具有传统方法所不具有的局部化、多层次、多分辨的优点，而且对于突变点的判断也象M-K方法一样的精确。此外，该滤波器还具有可以同时判别多个突变点而不改变原时间序列的大尺度结构的优点。本文的应用表明:中国近百年来的气温变化主要经历了三个持续近30年的冷暖交替，它们分别是1919年以前的偏冷期；1920年至1954年的偏暖期和1955年至1986年的偏冷期。对应于这种较大时间尺度的气候演变，中国的气温变化表现出了十分明显的突变特性，其冷暖交替的突变点分别发生在1920年、1955年和1987年。对应于较小时间尺度的气候演变来说，中国近百年来的气温变化则增加了更多冷暖交替的层次结构和突变点。云南近百年来的气温变化与中国的气温变化是基本一致的，但与北半球和全球的气温变化并不完全一致，其中最主要的差异是北半球和全球的气温变化在1955年至1978年是一个极弱的偏冷期，1979年发生明显增暖的突变，而云南和中国的气温变化在1955年至1986年则是一个极强的偏冷期，从1987年开始才出现明显增暖的突变。     

近百年气候变化与变率的诊断研究

总结了近百年来气候变化与变率的诊断研究结果，包括全球平均气温及降水量、中国平均气温及降水量，以及ＥＮＳＯ及ＱＢＯ。指出全球有变暖趋势，１９８０年代是最暖的１０年。但中国的情况有所不同，１９２０年代及１９４０年代最暖，而１９８０年代接近常年。全球降水量有增加趋势，但气温与降水的１０年尺度变化并不完全一致。１９５０年代及１９７０年代为多雨期，１９８０年代降水反而减少。中国夏季降水变化的主要特征是冷湿、暖干。１９２０年代及１９４０年代是近百年最干的时期。１８７１—１９９３年共发生厄尼诺事件２８次，拉尼娜２１次。气候变暖时厄尼诺强，气候较冷时拉尼娜频率高。１９５１—１９９３年赤道平流层纬向风准两年振荡的平均长度为２８．７个月，比１９５０年代末的估计（２６．３个月）要长。１９５１年以前的周期长度可能在２９个月左右。未发现ＱＢＯ与气候变化有明显关系。     

国际冰冻圈研究动态和我国冰冻圈研究的现状与展望

介绍了世界气候研究计划 (WCRP) /气候与冰冻圈 (CliC) 计划所代表的国际冰冻圈研究基本特点与未来趋势;分析了我国冰冻圈独特的区域特点, 阐明我国冰冻圈是维系干旱区绿洲经济发展和确保寒区生态系统稳定的重要水源保障, 其气候效应、环境效应、资源效应和生态效应正日趋显著并广泛地影响到西部生态与环境安全和水资源持续利用, 因而不仅具有科学上的重要性, 而且具有国家战略需求上的紧迫性。 提出未来我国冰冻圈研究应重点加强冰冻圈过程研究、记录研究、冰冻圈与气候模拟、冰冻圈与水资源以及冰冻圈变化的影响、适应与对策综合评估等5个方面的工作, 逐步完善并形成我国冰冻圈科学体系。     

Do people “personally experience” global warming,and if so how,and does it matter?

For most people, the direct and personally observable signals of climate change should be difficult to detect amid the variability of everyday weather. Yet, previous research has shown that some people believe they have personally experienced global warming. Through four related studies, our paper sheds light on what signals of global warming some people believe they are detecting, why, and whether or not it matters. These studies were conducted using population survey and climatic data from a single county in Michigan. Study 1 found that 27% of the county's adult residents felt that they had personally experienced global warming. Study 2 – based on content analysis of people's open-ended responses – found that the most frequently described personal experiences of global warming were changes in seasons (36%), weather (25%), lake levels (24%), animals and plants (20%), and snowfall (19%). Study 3 – based on NOAA climatic data – found that most, but not all, of these detected signals are borne out in the climatic record. Study 4 – using the survey data – found that personal experience of global warming matters in that it predicts perceptions of local risk of global warming, controlling for demographics, political affiliation, and cultural beliefs about national policy outcomes. We conclude that perceived personal experience of global warming appears to heighten people's perception of the risks, likely through some combination of direct experience, vicarious experience (e.g., news media stories), and social construction.     

全球变暖背景下的中国西部地区气候变化研究进展

全球变暖是19世纪80年代以来,地球的年平均气温和地表温度呈上升趋势的现象.在全球变暖的大背景下,我国的气候也发生了显著的变化.探讨全球变暖背景下中国西部地区的气温、降水、气候转型以及青藏高原对中国气候的影响等,对我国应对气候变化问题有着重要的意义.本文从气温、降水、气候转型以及青藏高原对中国气候的影响等方面概述了近年来中国西部地区气候变化的最新研究进展,并探讨了未来的研究方向.     

全球、中国及云南近百年气温变化的层次结构和突变特征

用文献［１］建立的自适应多分辨数据波滤器进行了全球、中国及云南近百年气温变化的层次结构和突变特征分析。结果表明：（１）全球近百年来的气温变化对于较大时间尺度的演化来说主要特征是变暖,并为３个层次：即１９１９年以前的偏冷期;１９２０－１９７８年偏暖期和１９７９年以后的更暖期。对应于这种较大时间尺度的层次演变,全球的气温变化表现出十分明显的突变特征,两上最明显增暖的突变点分别发生在１９２０年和１９７９     

The role of natural climatic variation in perturbing the observed global mean temperature trend

Controversy continues to prevail concerning the reality of anthropogenically-induced climatic warming. One of the principal issues is the cause of the hiatus in the current global warming trend. There appears to be a widely held view that climatic change warming should exhibit an inexorable upwards trend, a view that implies there is no longer any input by climatic variability in the existing climatic system. The relative roles of climatic change and climatic variability are examined here using the same coupled global climatic model. For the former, the model is run using a specified CO₂ growth scenario, while the latter consisted of a multi-millennial simulation where any climatic variability was attributable solely to internal processes within the climatic system. It is shown that internal climatic variability can produce global mean surface temperature anomalies of ±0.25?K and sustained positive and negative anomalies sufficient to account for the anomalous warming of the 1940s as well as the present hiatus in the observed global warming. The characteristics of the internally-induced negative temperature anomalies are such that if this internal natural variability is the cause of the observed hiatus, then a resumption of the observed global warming trend is to be expected within the next few years.     

气候检测与归因的格兰杰检验法

 为揭示气候变化并探索其可能原因,引入了格兰杰因果检验法。在叙述其基本原理的基础上,对影响中国气温变化的若干因子进行了检验。论证了通过检验的因子与中国气温变化的可能物理联系,着重说明了二氧化碳增加对中国气温变化的影响,解释了我国增温滞后于全球气温变化的原因。由此证实格兰杰因果检验法是气候变化检测与归因的一种有用的新方法。通过计算和分析,证实了格兰杰检验法的可用性。     

气候检测与归因的格兰杰检验法

为揭示气候变化并探索其可能原因,引入了格兰杰因果检验法。在叙述其基本原理的基础上,对影响中国气温变化的若干因子进行了检验。论证了通过检验的因子与中国气温变化的可能物理联系,着重说明了二氧化碳增加对中国气温变化的影响,解释了我国增温滞后于全球气温变化的原因。由此证实格兰杰因果检验法是气候变化检测与归因的一种有用的新方法。通过计算和分析,证实了格兰杰检验法的可用性。     

Climatic change and Chinese population growth dynamics over the last millennium

The climate–population relationship has long been conceived. Although the topic has been repeatedly investigated, most of the related works are Eurocentric or qualitative. Consequently, the relationship between climate and population remains ambiguous. In this study, fine-grained temperature reconstructions and historical population data sets have been employed to statistically test a hypothesized relationship between temperature change and population growth (i.e., cooling associated with below average population growth) in China over the past millennium. The important results were: (1) Long-term temperature change significantly determined the population growth dynamics of China. However, spatial variation existed, whilst population growth in Central China was shown to be responsive to both long- and short-term temperature changes; in marginal areas, population growth was only sensitive to short-term temperature fluctuations. (2) Temporally, the temperature–population relationship was obscured in some periods, which was attributable to the factors of drought and social buffers. In summary, a temperature–population relationship was mediated by geographic factors, the aridity threshold, and social factors. Given the upcoming threat posed by climate change to human societies, this study seeks to improve our knowledge and understanding of the climate–society relationship.     

气候概率分布理论及其应用新进展

随着全球变暖加剧,气候变化的研究不断深入,有关气候概率分布理论及其应用研究不但增加了许多新的内涵,而且有了长足的发展。文章从观测资料的分布拟合,气候概率分布的形成机制,气候变化的标志,即气候概率分布的变化、全球气候变化背景下的气候极值分布模式以及气候变量的空间域概率分布模式等方面简要综述了近年来气候概率分布理论及其应用领域的若干新进展。     

MULTI-SCALE ANALYSES OF SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE VARIATIONS FOR THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE AND CHINA DURING THE LAST ONE HUNDRED YEARS*

Using multi-resolution theory of wavelet analysis,this paper studies the multi-scale structure of surface air temperature variations for the Northern Hemisphere and China during the last one hundred years.The results show that the climatic variations for the Northern Hemisphere can be described as 3 hierarchies corresponding to the larger-scale changes.They are the cold period before 1919,the warm period from 1920 to 1978 and the warmer period after 1979.The larger-scale hierarchical changes obviously show qualities of climate jump.The years 1920 and 1979 are the jump points of climate change.The surface air temperature variations for China are not entirely analogous to the Northern Hemisphere,and the main contrasts are that China is in the cold period after 1955 and the jump point of warming is 1987.The surface air temperature variations for the Northern Hemisphere and China during the last one hundred years obviously show the hierarchical structure of multi-scale changes and the qualities of climate jump.     

Preparing for Climatic Change: The Water, Salmon, and Forests of the Pacific Northwest

The impacts of year-to-year and decade-to-decade climatic variations on some of the Pacific Northwest's key natural resources can be quantified to estimate sensitivity to regional climatic changes expected as part of anthropogenic global climatic change. Warmer, drier years, often associated with El Niño events and/or the warm phase of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation, tend to be associated with below-average snowpack, streamflow, and flood risk, below-average salmon survival, below-average forest growth, and above-average risk of forest fire. During the 20th century, the region experienced a warming of 0.8 °C. Using output from eight climate models, we project a further warming of 0.5–2.5 °C (central estimate 1.5 °C) by the 2020s, 1.5–3.2°C (2.3 °C) by the 2040s, and an increase in precipitation except in summer. The foremost impact of a warming climate will be the reduction of regional snowpack, which presently supplies water for ecosystems and human uses during the dry summers. Our understanding of past climate also illustrates the responses of human management systems to climatic stresses, and suggests that a warming of the rate projected would pose significant challenges to the management of natural resources. Resource managers and planners currently have few plans for adapting to or mitigating the ecological and economic effects of climatic change.     

MULTI-SCALE ANALYSES OF SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE VARIATIONS FOR THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE AND CHINA DURING THE LAST ONE HUNDRED YEARS

Using multi-resolution theory of wavelet analysis,this paper studies the multi-scale structureof surface air temperature variations for the Northern Hemisphere and China during the last onehundred years.The results show that the climatic variations for the Northern Hemisphere can bedescribed as 3 hierarchies corresponding to the larger-scale changes.They are the cold period be-fore 1919,the warm period from 1920 to 1978 and the warmer period after 1979.The larger-scalehierarchical changes obviously show qualities of climate jump.The years 1920 and 1979 are thejump points of climate change.The surface air temperature variations for China are not entirelyanalogous to the Northern Hemisphere,and the main contrasts are that China is in the cold periodafter 1955 and the jump point of warming is 1987.The surface air temperature variations for theNorthern Hemisphere and China during the last one hundred years obviously show the hierarchicalstructure of multi-scale changes and the qualities of climate jump.     

SOME ADVANCES IN CLIMATE WARMING IMPACT RESEARCH IN CHINA SINCE 1990

Increasing the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere will strengthen the naturalgreenhouse effect,which could lead to global climate warming and more other changes.China is alargely agricultural country with a large size of population and the relative shortages of farminglands and water resources,thus increasing the importance of climate warming for national economydevelopment.Therefore,Chinese government and scientists have paid great attention to theimpact-assessment of climate warming on national economy in China,especially during the past 10years.This presentation will briefly describe some major issues of climate warming impact researchon national vegetation,agriculture,forest,water resources,energy use and regional sea level forChina,etc.As a result,all climate change scenarios derived by GCMs suggest a substantial change in thecharacteristic natural vegetation types.It is also shown that comparing with the distributionsimulated under the normal time period 1951—1980 as the present climate,by 2050 large changesin cropping systems would occur almost everywhere in China.Climate warming would lead toincrease cropping diversification and multiplication.Unfortunately,the possible net balancebetween precipitation and evapotranspiration would be negative and it would lead to reduce thegrain production in China significantly due to enhanced moisture stress in soil.The most evidentinfluence of climate warming on water resources would happen in Huanghe-Huaihe-Haihe Basin andthe water supply-demand deficit would be substantially enhanced in this area.And also,a warmerclimate for China will alter the energy requirement for domestic heating and cooling,that is,reduce energy use for heating in northern China and increase energy consumption for cooling insouthern China.     

1961-2007年台安县气候变化特征分析

在全球变化背景下,台安县气候变化地域特征明显。本文利用1961—2007年的气候资料,通过气候倾向率和Mann-Kendall检测等方法,研究了台安县气候变化特征。结果表明:近47 a来,台安县气候明显变暖,平均气温以0.34℃/10 a的速度上升,积温净增加约260 ℃或以上,冬季增温对气候变暖的贡献最大,直接导致冬季最大冻土深度以3.6 cm/10 a速度变浅。年降水量出现减少趋势,春、夏季降水量减少比较明显,极端降水日数无变化规律。四季日照时数明显减少,不利于绿色植物的光合作用。近47 a间,除了年平均最高气温和降水量外,平均气温、年日照时数、平均最低气温、最大冻土深度、大于等于10 ℃积温和大于等于0 ℃积温等要素都发生了显著突变,但突变时间存在差异。     

全球升温控制在1.5℃和2.0℃时中国分省人口格局

《巴黎协定》正式生效, 为国际社会应对气候变化提出新的机遇与挑战,也必将对中国人口、资源和环境带来重要影响。本文结合IPCC发布的可持续发展（SSP1)、中度发展（SSP2)、局部或不一致发展（SSP3)、不均衡发展（SSP4)、常规发展（SSP5）5种共享社会经济路径,以2010年中国第六次人口普查数据为基准,综合考虑人口现状和发展政策设定不同发展路径下各省人口模型的相关参数,在全球升温控制在1.5℃和2.0℃时,对比研究中国和各省分年龄、性别、教育水平的人口演变和分布特征。结果表明：(1)全球升温1.5℃时,SSP1和SSP4路径下总人口较2010年增加0.44亿人;升温2.0℃时,SSP2和SSP3路径下较2010年分别增加0.23亿和0.67亿人,SSP5路径下减少约0.12亿人。5种路径下中国人口将在2025-2035年达到峰值,人口峰值正处于全球升温1.5℃期间。(2)全球升温1.5℃时,除了东北地区和四川、安徽省外,多数省（市）人口均较2010年有所增加;升温2.0℃时,西北、西南和以东南沿海地区为主的发达省份保持较高的人口增量,其他地区人口开始呈减少趋势。(3)在全球升温1.5℃和2.0℃期间,大部分省份人口达到峰值,其中SSP3路径下广西人口最多,可达1.13亿,其他路径下广东省人口最多,达1.53亿。(4)未来中国65岁以上老龄人口比重呈现东北高、西南低的分布特征。与全球升温1.5℃相比,升温2.0℃时的老龄化趋势进一步加重,东北地区老龄化问题最严重。采用绿色和可持续发展路径,全球升温控制在2.0℃之内是中国社会经济发展的科学选择。