Global Warming and Tropical Land-Use Change: Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Biomass Burning, Decomposition and Soils in Forest Conversion, Shifting Cultivation and Secondary Vegetation

Tropical forest conversion, shiftingcultivation and clearing of secondary vegetation makesignificant contributions to global emissions ofgreenhouse gases today, and have the potential forlarge additional emissions in future decades. Globally, an estimated 3.1×10⁹ t of biomasscarbon of these types is exposed to burning annually,of which 1.1×10⁹ t is emitted to the atmospherethrough combustion and 49×10⁶ t is converted tocharcoal (including 26–31×10⁶ t C of blackcarbon). The amount of biomass exposed to burningincludes aboveground remains that failed to burn ordecompose from clearing in previous years, andtherefore exceeds the 1.9×10⁹ t of abovegroundbiomass carbon cleared on average each year. Above-and belowground carbon emitted annually throughdecomposition processes totals 2.1×10⁹ t C. Atotal gross emission (including decomposition ofunburned aboveground biomass and of belowgroundbiomass) of 3.41×10⁹ t C year^-1 resultsfrom clearing primary (nonfallow) and secondary(fallow) vegetation in the tropics. Adjustment fortrace gas emissions using IPCC Second AssessmentReport 100-year integration global warming potentialsmakes this equivalent to 3.39×10⁹ t ofCO₂-equivalent carbon under a low trace gasscenario and 3.83×10⁹ t under a high trace gasscenario. Of these totals, 1.06×10⁹ t (31%)is the result of biomass burning under the low tracegas scenario and 1.50×10⁹ t (39%) under thehigh trace gas scenario. The net emissions from allclearing of natural vegetation and of secondaryforests (including both biomass and soil fluxes) is2.0×10⁹ t C, equivalent to 2.0–2.4×10⁹ t of CO₂-equivalent carbon. Adding emissions of0.4×10⁹ t C from land-use category changesother than deforestation brings the total for land-usechange (not considering uptake of intact forest,recurrent burning of savannas or fires in intactforests) to 2.4×10⁹ t C, equivalent to 2.4–2.9×10⁹ t of CO₂-equivalent carbon. The totalnet emission of carbon from the tropical land usesconsidered here (2.4×10⁹ t C year^-1)calculated for the 1981–1990 period is 50% higherthan the 1.6×10⁹ t C year^-1 value used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The inferred (= `missing') sink in the global carbonbudget is larger than previously thought. However,about half of the additional source suggested here maybe offset by a possible sink in uptake by Amazonianforests. Both alterations indicate that continueddeforestation would produce greater impact on globalcarbon emissions. The total net emission of carboncalculated here indicates a major global warmingimpact from tropical land uses, equivalent toapproximately 29% of the total anthropogenic emissionfrom fossil fuels and land-use change.     

海南岛和厦门红树林湿地CH4 排放的时空变化

研究了海南岛和厦门的河口海岸红树林湿地、海岸光滩及红树林伐迹地CH4排放的时空变化。海南岛长宁站位海莲林连续两年的CH4排放率均表现为外滩>中滩>内滩的空间变化模式,与土壤含水量的空间变化一致,而与土壤盐度的空间变化相反;但1997年在其余五个红树林湿地的CH4排放率表现出不同的空间变化规律,且大多与土壤理化因子不呈对应关系。各红树林湿地的最低CH4排放率均出现在冬季。红树林湿地年CH4排放率高于海岸光滩而低于红树林伐迹地。     

Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Agro-Ecosystems and Their Contribution to Environmental Change in the Indus Basin of Pakistan

There is growing concern that increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere have been responsible for global warming through their effect on radiation balance and temperature. The magnitude of emissions and the relative importance of different sources vary widely, regionally and locally. The Indus Basin of Pakistan is the food basket of the country and agricultural activities are vulnerable to the effects of global warming due to accelerated emissions of GHGs. Many developments have taken place in the agricultural sector of Pakistan in recent decades in the background of the changing role of the government and the encouragement of the private sector for investment in new ventures. These interventions have considerable GHG emission potential. Unfortunately, no published information is currently available on GHG concentrations in the Indus Basin to assess their magnitude and emission trends. The present study is an attempt to estimate GHG （CO2, CH4 and N2O） emissions arising from different agro-ecosystems of Indus Basin. The GHGs were estimated mostly using the IPCC Guidelines and data from the published literature. The results showed that CH4 emissions were the highest （4.126 Tg yr^-1） followed by N20 （0.265 Tg yr^-1） and CO2 （52.6 Tg yr^-1）. The sources of CH4 are enteric fermentation, rice cultivation and cultivation of other crops. N2O is formed by microbial denitrification of NO3 produced from applied fertilizer-N on cropped soils or by mineralization of native organic matter on fallow soils. CO2 is formed by the burning of plant residue and by soil respiration due to the decomposition of soil organic matter.     

西太平洋地区大气边界层内臭氧的季节变化及其影响因子分析

利用臭氧探空资料,分析了西太平洋地区香港(Hong Kong)、那霸(Naha)和札幌(Sapporo)三个站点2000~2010年期间大气边界层内臭氧(O₃)的季节分布和年变化趋势。结果表明,三个站点O₃的季节分布存在明显的差异。其中,那霸和香港大气边界层内O₃季节平均呈双峰值分布,其峰值分别出现在春季和秋季;而札幌站为单峰分布,峰值出现在春季。造成季节分布差异的主要原因包括人为污染源和自然因素如气象条件。另外,三个站点大气边界层内O₃均呈上升趋势。其中札幌、那霸上升最快,分别达0.80 ppb a-1和0.77 ppb a-1。(ppb表示10-9,下同)香港的年际增长较不明显,但秋季增长却非常明显,高达1.21 ppb a-1。结合GOME (Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment) 和SCIAMACHY (Scanning Imaging Absorption Spectro Meter for Atmospheric Chartography)卫星反演的NO₂数据发现,过去10年中国京津唐和东北地区的对流层内NO₂柱总量增加极为迅速。这些O₃前体物通过远距离输送是导致札幌、那霸O₃浓度增加的主要原因之一。珠江三角洲人为污染源的增加及偏北气流的影响,是导致香港地区秋季O₃增加的主要原因。     

秸秆燃烧排放对北京及其周边地区PM2.5浓度影响的数值模拟

采用卫星监测的火点燃烧排放数据,利用区域化学传输模式WRF-Chem模拟分析了2017年5月华北地区细颗粒物(PM2.5)质量浓度分布,通过生物质燃烧排放源(华北区域以秸秆燃烧为主)开关的敏感性试验定量计算了燃烧排放对北京及其周边地区PM2.5质量浓度的影响。卫星监测结果显示,2017年5月华北地区有大量的秸秆焚烧现象,对该地区空气质量造成一定影响的燃烧天数为20 d,占全月总日数的65%左右。数值模拟结果表明:该地区秸秆燃烧排放导致PM2.5浓度升高的区域集中在华北平原农作物产区,其分布位置与卫星监测的火点分布吻合。秸秆燃烧导致这些地区PM2.5浓度月平均值上升幅度普遍超过3 μg/m~3,高值区超过了11 μg/m~3,上升比例可达10%以上;此外,来自华北平原及长三角地区的燃烧排放对北京(特别是东南部地区)污染物浓度的影响是不容忽视的,其中河南、山东、天津等地的秸秆燃烧在合适风场的作用下会严重影响北京,可导致丰台及通州等地PM2.5小时浓度上升超过17 μg/m~3,上升幅度超过40%。     

全球增温潜势和全球温变潜势对主要国家温室气体排放贡献估算的差异

全球增温潜势（GWP）和全球温变潜势（GTP）是目前常用的温室气体增温能力的通用指标。如果用GTP代替GWP,1990-2005年,欧盟、美国、日本、加拿大和南非温室气体排放所占份额增加,而巴西、澳大利亚、中国、印度、墨西哥和俄罗斯所占份额减少;2015-2030年,欧盟、美国、日本、中国所占份额将增加,而俄罗斯、加拿大、澳大利亚、印度、墨西哥和巴西所占份额会减少。用GTP代替GWP后,巴西、澳大利亚等国所占份额减小,而欧盟所占份额增加,这可能是巴西、澳大利亚等国考虑尽早采用GTP代替GWP而欧盟反对的一个重要原因。     

Prediction of Changes in Soil Moisture Associated with Climatic Changes and Their Implications for Vegetation Changes: Waves Model Simulation on Taihang Mountain, China

The WAVES model was used to simulate the effect of global warming on soil moisture on the semi-arid Taihang Mountain in China. Parameters of the WAVES model were first adjusted according to soil moisture data from a field global warming experiment. Then, the reliability of WAVES in predicting soil moisture changes induced by climatic change was confirmed by comparing the simulated and observed soil moisture values under different climatic conditions and plant growth rates of another field treatment. Next, 10 climate change scenarios incorporating increases in temperature and changes in precipitation were designed. When a simulation was conducted using the leaf area index (LAI) growth pattern from a field experiment under the present climatic conditions, the results suggested that the combination of temperature increase and precipitation decrease would greatly decrease soil water content throughout the entire simulation period. On the other hand, only when precipitation increased by 20% and temperatureincreased by 2 °C, the effect of precipitation increase on soil moisture was obviously positive. Although soil moisture conditions in the T2P1 (temperature increase by 2 °C and precipitation increase by 10%) and T4P2 (temperature increase by 4 °C and precipitation increase by 20%) scenarios were slightly better during the rainy season and notmuch changed before the rainy season, the positive effect of 10%precipitation increase on soil moisture was totally offset by moisture decrease caused bya 4 °C temperature increase in the T4P1 scenario. At the same time, the trends of soil-moisture change were highly coincident with predicted changes in productivity. Finally, the predicted LAI values from other studies were combined with the climatic change scenarios and used in the simulation. The results showed that changes in LAI alleviated, at least to some extent, the effects of temperature and precipitation changes on soil moisture.     

The Present, Past, and Future Contributions to Global Warming of CO2 Emissions from Fuels

The objective of this paper is to emphasize theresponsibility of developed countries to implement the Climate Convention, as well as the role ofdeveloping countries in CO₂ emissions controlwhile sustaining their rights to increase energyconsumption per capita during the development process. Itis shown that the growth in CO₂$ emissions fromfossil fuel consumption in North America, excludingMexico, from 1990 to 1996 was 3.7 times higherthan that of Latin America in absolute terms. Thecumulative contribution to global warming, expressedas the mass of the gas multiplied by time (GtCy), can becalculated as the integration of the atmosphericconcentration of the emitted gas along time, witha weight function in the integrand to simulate theclimate response. To simulate climate response,we used the superposition of exponential decay functions with different decay constants. Thehistorical contributions of the OECD countries,the Eastern European countries and theex-Soviet Union, and from all developingcountries are considered. The future contributionsare computed in three scenarios. All of them showthat emissions from Non-Annex I countrieswill become higher than those of Annex I countriessoon after 2010, while the curves of atmosphericconcentration will cross one another later, not muchbefore 2050, and the respective contributions toglobal temperature increase will cross about 2090.     

广东清远早、晚稻稻田甲烷排放的观测研究

分析了2003、2004年广东省清远市郊区早、晚稻稻田甲烷（CH4）的排放通量,结果表明：广东清远早、晚稻稻田CH4排放通量的几何平均值2003年为4,38mg·m^-2·h^-1和6．09mg·m^-2·h^-1;2004年为5．17mg·m^-2·h^-1和8．3mg·m^-2·h^-1,土壤有机质含量是造成2003和2004年CH4排放差异的原因之一。水稻品种的不同,CH4排放通量也有所不同,实验表明,水稻品种“七丝尖”的排放通量比品种“金优99”高1．08mg·m^-2·h^-1,产量却只有64％。此外,与相关的测量结果进行初步比较。     

黄淮海地区植被生长季变化及其气候变化响应

利用1982—2000年的NOAA/AVHRR逐旬数据,采用最大变化斜率法、曲线拟合法等方法分析黄淮海地区植被生长季开始及结束时间,选取典型样带,制作基于逐像元的I_NDV(归一化植被指数) 变化图,研究1982—2000年植被生长季的变化规律及其对气候变化的响应。结果表明:黄淮海地区生长季开始的平均时间为3月下旬,结束时间为11月上旬。20年来研究区植被四季平均I_NDV呈上升趋势,春季增长尤为显著,且随着年代的推移,植被生长季有延长的趋势,生长季提前是黄淮海地区植被活动对气候变化响应的主要方式。     

LPJ模型对1981～1998年中国区域潜在植被分布和碳通量的模拟

利用一个基于过程的动态植被模型LPJ DGVM（Lund Potsdam Jena Dynamic Global Vegetation Model）,模拟了中国区域潜在植被分布,考察了1981～1998年中国区域净初级生产〖JP〗力（NPP）、异养呼吸（Rh）和净生态系统生产力（NEP）的年际变化。模拟结果表明,在LPJ模型提供的植被功能类型（PFT）划分的条件下,中国区域除了分布裸土外,主要分布了6种潜在植被功能类型,即热带常绿阔叶林带、温带常绿阔叶林带、温带夏绿阔叶林带、北方常绿针叶林带、北方夏绿针叶林带和温带草本植物。在所考察的时间段内,中国区域总NPP从2.91 Gt · a-1（C）（1982年）变化到3.37 Gt · a-1（C）（1990年）,平均每年增加0.025 Gt（C）,其平均增长率为096%。中国区域总Rh从2.59 Gt · a-1（C）（1986年）变化到3.19 Gt · a-1（C）（1998年）,具有105% 的平均年增长率,即平均每年增加0.025 Gt（C）,并且中国区域温带草本植物相比其他植被功能类型,其NPP和Rh线性增加的趋势最为显著。研究结果还表明,LPJ模型在引入火灾机制后,中国区域总NEP的变化范围更加合理,即每年总NEP在-0.06 Gt · a-1（C）（1998年）和0.34 Gt · a-1（C）（1992年）之间变化,其平均值为0.12 Gt · a-1（C）。该结果表明,在所考察的时间段内,中国区域的陆地生态系统是碳汇。上述结果与其他研究结果基本一致,因而此模型模拟中国区域潜在植被分布和碳循环是有效的。       

秋冬季节转换与次年汛期旱涝的关系

利用日平均气温资料，将秋冬季节转换的过程划分为４种基本类型，讨论了不同类型与次年夏季旱涝的关系，同时应用该关系制作夏季旱涝的长期趋势预测。     

秋冬季节转换与次年汛期旱涝的关系

利用日平均气温资料，将秋冬季节转换的过程划分为４种基本类型，讨论了不同类型与次年夏季（５—９月）旱涝的关系，同时应用该关系制作夏季旱涝的长期趋势预测     

地表温度对太阳常数变化响应的数值试验研究

通过改变太阳常数，利用NCAR气候系统模式CSM1．4就地表温度对强外辐射强迫变化的响应及性质进行了研究。结果表明：虽然局地的增温幅度变化很大，但各试验的全球增温分布特征非常相似，并从一定程度上反映了全球增暖典型试验中的增温分布特点，即陆地比海洋增暖幅度更强，高纬度地区比低纬度地区增暖幅度更强，这一特点在太阳常数增加较大的试验中表现尤为明显。气候系统响应的性质在太阳常数分别增加2，5％、10％和15％与增加25％之间其响应方式有所改变，即气候系统对较小太阳常数变化的响应是线性的，而对较大太阳常数变化的响应则很可能是非线性的。     

One thousand ways to experience loss: A systematic analysis of climate-related intangible harm from around the world

A situated and socially engaged science of loss arising from climate change takes people’s lived experiences with risk and harm as its fundamental starting point. It foregrounds what losses occur, where and how, which of these losses matter most to people and why, and whether or not such losses are considered acceptable and potentially reversible. However, obtaining such insight is difficult if the many things people value, across space and time, are intangible, i.e. they cannot and perhaps should not be quantified, and hence are often overlooked and omitted. This is the case, for instance, for the symbolic and affective dimensions of culture and place, such as sense of belonging, personal and collective notions of identity, and ways of knowing and making sense of the world, all of which are already undermined by climate change. Here, we perform the first systematic comparative analysis of people-centered and place-specific experiences with climate-related harm to people’s values that are largely intangible and non-commensurable. We draw upon >100 published case studies from around the world to make visible and concrete what matters most to people and what is at stake in the context of climate-related hazards and impacts. We show that the same threats can produce vastly different outcomes, ranging from reversible damages to irreversible losses and anticipated future risks, across numerous value dimensions, for indigenous and non-indigenous families, communities, and countries at all levels of development. Through this analysis, we also empirically validate dimensions of harm that have been produced and reproduced in the literature, albeit often devoid of distinct substance, lived experiences, and intrinsic significance. We end by discussing ethical implications of the ‘one thousand ways’ to encounter harm and offer recommendations to overcome methodological challenges in advancing a science of loss grounded in place.     

温度和纬圈平均西风等气象要素对赤道的对称分布和反对称分布

把任一气象要素分为对赤道对称和对赤道反对称的两部分,利用Oort等的气候资料进行分析,发现在全年中,许多气象要素,如500和1000百帕纬圈平均的高度、温度和西风等,主要呈对称分布。对称部分的绝对值和其沿经圈分布曲线的起伏,都远远大于其反对称部分的对应值。而且,对称部分的曲线起伏,除1000百帕的西风和高度不太明显外,在1—7月普遍呈减小的趋势。至于反对称部分,其变化趋势则与对称部分相反。为了解释上述现象,还对年平均的非绝热加热、摩擦和地形等进行了分析。发现地面拔海高度的反对称部分最明显。在12—2月和6—8月,净辐射、地面雷诺应力、地面（包括海洋）和大气之间的热交换（包括辐射、感热和潜热）的反对称部分也很明显,有时和对称部分相当,甚至超过;但它们在这两个季节的沿经圈分布的位相是相反的。这看来和上述气象要素中反对称部分的产生,以及对称运动维持及其随季节变化有密切关系。     

Anthropogenic Direct Radiative Forcing of Tropospheric Ozone and Aerosols from 1850 to 2000 Estimated with IPCC AR5 Emissions Inventories

This study estimates direct radiative forcing by tropospheric ozone and all aerosols between the years 1850 and 2000, using the new IPCC AR5 （the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fifth Assessment Report） emissions inventories and a fully coupled chemistry-aerosol general circulation model. As compared to the previous Global Emissions Inventory Activity （GEIA） data, that have been commonly used for forcing estimates since 1990, the IPCC AR5 emissions inventories report lower anthropogenic emissions of organic carbon and black carbon aerosols and higher sulfur and NOx emissions. The simulated global and annual mean burdens of sulfate, nitrate, black carbon （BC）, primary organic aerosol （POA）, secondary organic aerosol （SOA）, and ozone were 0.79, 0.35, 0.05, 0.49, 0.34, and 269 Tg, respectively, in the year 1850, and 1.90, 0.90, 0.11, 0.71, 0.32, and 377 Tg, respectively, in the year 2000. The estimated annual mean top of the atmosphere （TOA） direct radiative forcing of all anthropogenic aerosols based on the AR5 emissions inventories is -0.60 W m^-2 on a global mean basis from 1850 to 2000. However, this is -2.40 W m-2 when forcing values are averaged over eastern China （18-45°N and 95-125°E）. The value for tropospheric ozone is 0.17 W m^-1 on a global mean basis and 0.24 W m^-2 over eastern China. Forcing values indicate that the climatic effect of aerosols over eastern China is much more significant than the globally averaged effect.     

最近40年中国雾日数和霾日数的气候变化特征

根据1971～2010年567个中国地面观测站点的雾日数和霾日数资料,分析了我国雾日数和霾日数的空间分布、季节变化以及年代际变化特征,并且利用REOF（旋转经验函数正交）分解对雾日数进行气候区划。结果表明：（1）雾主要分布在东南沿海地区、四川盆地地区、湘黔交界、山东沿海以及云南南部等地区。霾主要集中于华北、河南以及珠三角和长三角地区。（2）在季节变化上：秋、冬季雾和霾的分布大于春夏。（3）雾日数和霾日数年代际变化明显,雾日数在20世纪70至90年代较多,20世纪90年代以后减少;霾日数自2001年以来急剧增长。（4）雾日数可以共可分为10个区,其中华北区、川渝区以及长江中下游区是雾出现频率较高的几个重点区域。