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15 Dec 2015
Research article |
| 15 Dec 2015
Role of radiatively forced temperature changes in enhanced semi-arid warming in the cold season over east Asia
Key Laboratory for Semi-Arid Climate Change of the Ministry of Education, College of Atmospheric Sciences, Lanzhou University, 730000 Lanzhou, China
Key Laboratory for Semi-Arid Climate Change of the Ministry of Education, College of Atmospheric Sciences, Lanzhou University, 730000 Lanzhou, China
R. Guo
Key Laboratory for Semi-Arid Climate Change of the Ministry of Education, College of Atmospheric Sciences, Lanzhou University, 730000 Lanzhou, China
H. Yu
Key Laboratory for Semi-Arid Climate Change of the Ministry of Education, College of Atmospheric Sciences, Lanzhou University, 730000 Lanzhou, China
P. Lin
Program in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Princeton University, 08544 Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Y. Zhang
Key Laboratory for Semi-Arid Climate Change of the Ministry of Education, College of Atmospheric Sciences, Lanzhou University, 730000 Lanzhou, China
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Dynamical adjustment methodology has been applied to the raw surface air temperature and has successfully identified and separated the contribution of dynamically induced temperature (DIT) and radiatively forced temperature (RFT). It found that regional anthropogenic radiative forcing caused the enhanced warming in the semi-arid region, which may be closely associated with local human activities.
Dynamical adjustment methodology has been applied to the raw surface air temperature and has...
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