Vegetation greenness modeling in response to climate change for Northeast Thailand

In Northeast Thailand, the climate change has resulted in erratic rainfall and tem- perature patterns. The region has experienced both periods of drought and seasonal floods with the increasing severity. This study investigated the seasonal variation of vegetation greenness based on the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index （NDVI） in major land cover types in the region. An assessment of the relationship between climate patterns and vegeta- tion conditions observed from NDVI was made. NDVI data were collected from year 2001 to 2009 using multi-temporal Terra MODIS Vegetation Indices Product （MOD13Q1）. NDVI pro- files were developed to measure vegetation dynamics and variation according to land cover types. Meteorological information, i.e. rainfall and temperature, for a 30 year time span from 1980 to 2009 was analyzed for their patterns. Furthermore, the data taken from the period of 2001-2009, were digitally encoded into GIS database and the spatial patterns of monthly rainfall and temperature maps were generated based on kriging technique. The results showed a decreasing trend in NDVI values for both deciduous and evergreen forests. The highest productivity and biomass were observed in dry evergreen forests and the lowest in paddy fields. Temperature was found to be increasing slightly from 1980 to 2009 while no significant trends in rainfall amounts were observed. In dry evergreen forest, NDVI was not correlated with rainfall but was significant negatively correlated with temperature. These re- sults indicated that the overall productivity in dry evergreen forest was affected by increasing temperatures. A vegetation greenness model was developed from correlations between NDVI and meteorological data using linear regression. The model could be used to observe the change in vegetation greenness and dynamics affected by temperature and rainfall.     

气候变化情景下中国自然生态系统脆弱性研究

本研究以动态植被模型LPJ 为主要工具,以区域气候模式工具PRECIS 产生的A2、B2和A1B情景气候数据为输入,模拟了未来气候变化下中国自然生态系统的变化状况,应用脆弱性评价模型,评估中国自然生态系统响应未来气候变化的脆弱性。结果表明:未来气候变化情景下中国东部地区脆弱程度呈上升趋势,西部地区呈下降趋势,但总体上,中国自然生态系统的脆弱性格局没有大的变化,仍呈现西高东低、北高南低的特点。受气候变化影响严重的地区是东北和华北地区,而青藏高原区南部和西北干旱区受气候变化影响,脆弱程度明显减轻。气候变化情景下的近期气候变化对我国生态系统的影响不大,但中、远期气候变化对生态系统的负面影响较大,特别是在自然条件相对较好的东部地区,脆弱区面积增加较多。     

BCC/RCG-WG天气发生器非降水变量模拟参数气候变化特征

利用中国699 个气象站点1951-2007 年的逐日最高气温、最低气温和日照时数资料,分1951-1978 年和1979-2007 年两个时段分析了气候变化对BCC/RCG-WG天气发生器中我国各地逐日非降水变量模拟参数的影响.结果表明,最高气温、最低气温和日照时数三个变量平均值傅立叶级数展开式的年平均值和基波振幅较标准差傅立叶级数展开式的年平均值和基波振幅的变化幅度明显偏大,而平均值傅立叶级数展开式的基波位相变化幅度较标准差的基波位相变化幅度明显偏小;三个变量当天以及后延一天之间的相关系数的绝对变化较小.说明在气候变化背景下,最高气温等三个非降水变量的年平均值和年内变幅有明显的变化,而三个变量年际间的变异、峰值出现时间以及各变量之间的相关性变化较小.     

中晚全新世科尔沁沙地演化与气候变化

科尔沁沙地位于东亚季风区的东北缘,环境对气候变化反应非常敏感。地层沉积相、粒度与地球化学参数表明中晚全新世科尔沁沙地环境与气候变化可以分为以下3个阶段：7.0~3.6 cal ka BP,沙地逐渐固定、缩小,冬季风减弱,夏季风不断增强,气候趋于暖湿;3.6~1.3 cal ka BP,沙地总体上较为稳定,但也存在活化、扩张,与上一阶段相比夏季风强度有所降低,但仍强于冬季风,气候相对暖湿;1.3~0.65 cal ka BP,沙地出现多次活化、扩张和固定、缩小,冬夏季风交替频繁,气候呈现冷干-相对暖湿的组合。具体来讲,中晚全新世以来科尔沁沙地存在8次活化、扩张和8次固定、缩小期,气候变化也存在8次冷干和8次相对暖湿期,两者存在明显的对应关系。太阳辐射与全球冰量变化是中晚全新世科尔沁沙地演化与气候格局的主要驱动力。     

中国东北地区典型流域水文变化特性及其对气候变化的响应

以辽河的主要水源区太子河流域为对象,分析近50 a来流域的降水径流变化特性,采用水文模拟方法,研究了河川径流量及土壤含水量对气候变化的响应。结果表明:近50 a来实测径流量总体呈现减少趋势;20世纪80年代以来,气候因素对河川径流量的绝对影响量呈现增加趋势;降水增加比减少对河川径流量的影响明显,土壤含水量对降水减少的响应更加敏感,气候暖干化趋势将非常不利于东北地区的水资源利用和农业生产。     

联合国最新报告敲响气候变暖警钟

联合国政府间气候变化专业委员会17日在西班牙公布第四份气候变化评估报告最后一部分的内容梗概。与先前类似文件相比,报告更详尽、更明确地叙述了全球变暖造成的潜在恶果,并向各国政府提出应对建议。科学界认为,这是联合国近年就全球变暖的危害发出的“最有力”警告声。     

中国冰川系统对气候变化响应的敏感性分析

Data of 44 glacier systems in China used in this paper were obtained from Chinese Glacier Inventories and the meteorological data were got from Meteorological Atlas of Plateau of west China. Based on the statistical analysis and functional model simulation results of the 44 glacier systems in China, the glacier systems were divided into extremely-sensitive glacier system, semi-sensitive glacier system, extremely-steady glacier system and semi-steady glacier system in terms of glacier system＇s level of water-energy exchange, rising gradient of the equilibrium line altitudes and retreating rate of area to climate warming, their median size and vertical span distribution, and their runoff characteristics to climate warming. Furthermore the functional model of glacier system to climate warming was applied in this paper to predict the average variation trends of the 4 types of glacier systems, which indicate that different sensitivity types of glacier systems respond to the climate warming differently.     

中国天山山区235 a气候变化及降水趋势预测

  利用4个降水重建序列与天山山区10个气象站降水变化的响应关系,重建了天山山区近235 a来气候变化的年降水序列,重建序列的方差解释量达到47.7%。对过去235 a天山山区气候变化中降水变化的特征分析发现：降水大致经历了7干7湿的变化阶段,其中偏湿年份为124 a,多于偏干年份;天山山区的降水量以2.1 a、3.0 a、5.8 a、6.0 a的高频变化和24~25 a的低频变化周期最为显著。研究表明,近百年天山山区气候变化中的降水变化分为两个阶段,20世纪初到80年代,降水量逐渐减少,导致冰川退缩、河流径流量减少、湖泊萎缩、沙漠面积增大、植被覆盖率减少;80年代后期至今,降水量迅速增加,导致河川径流量增加、湖泊面积增大和沙尘暴日数减少,生态环境趋于好转,但同时造成洪水和地质灾害频繁。采用基于方差分析的周期叠加方法对天山山区未来23 a气候变化中降水的演变趋势进行预测,结果表明：未来23 a气候变化中天山山区以湿润为主,期间有部分年份可能较常年干旱。     

长江黄河源区气候变化及植被生产力特征

近半个世纪以来长江、黄河源区的气温、蒸散量升高的倾向率趋势明显,而且东部大于西部,气温、蒸发在一定的时空尺度上波动变化明显,是导致区域生态环境变化的重要原因,而年降水量变化态势较为平稳.1987年以来土壤湿度下降明显,表明在气候温暖化状况下,土壤蒸发量远大于降水的补给量,导致土壤向暖干化发展.1987年以来植被地上净初级生产力在气候环境影响下,年际波动明显,而且在近十几年也下降明显.     

云南近50 年来的气候变化

利用1961—2008 年云南省124 站及其相邻省市区的37 个地面站的逐日平均气温、降水量资料,客观分析了考虑气温垂直递减率的气温细网格数据。在此基础上,分析研究了云南近50 年来的气候变化。(1)云南近50 年来的气温变化,趋势上与北半球和全国一致,但气候变暖的速率相对缓慢;(2) 云南气候带面积有明显变化,北热带和南亚热带面积增加,而中亚热带、北亚热带和温带的面积减少;(3) 云南冬季是气温上升幅度最大的季节,然后依次是秋季、夏季和春季,虽然近50 年来云南大部分区域气温呈上升趋势,但少数区域气温却呈下降趋势,这些降温区主要集中在低海拔河谷地区;(4) 云南近50 年来降水量年平均变化不大,但季节和空间分布的变化却比较明显,雨季和主汛期降水量呈下降趋势,干季呈上升趋势;在空间分布上,滇东地区呈一致性下降趋势,滇中呈一致性上升趋势;滇西和滇南地区降水量的增减趋势呈交错分布。