Dryland climate change: Recent progress and challenges

J Huang, Y Li, C Fu, F Chen, Q Fu, A Dai… - Reviews of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Drylands are home to more than 38% of the world's population and are one of the most
sensitive areas to climate change and human activities. This review describes recent …

An overview of dry-wet climate variability among monsoon-westerly regions and the monsoon northernmost marginal active zone in China

W Qian, T Ding, H Hu, X Lin, A Qin - Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 2009 - Springer
Climate in mainland China can be divided into the monsoon region in the southeast and the
westerly region in the northwest as well as the intercross zone, ie, the monsoon …

Changes of the transitional climate zone in East Asia: past and future

L Wang, W Chen, G Huang, G Zeng - Climate Dynamics, 2017 - Springer
The transitional climate zone (TCZ) between humid and arid regions in East Asia is
characterized by sharp climate and biome gradients, interaction between the East Asian …

[PDF][PDF] The modulation of westerlies‐monsoon interaction on climate over the monsoon boundary zone in East Asia

J Chen, W Huang, S Feng, Q Zhang… - International Journal …, 2021 - researchgate.net
Monsoon boundary zone (MBZ) is a transitional zone between the arid Central Asia (ACA)
and humid Asia monsoon area, located in North China-Mongolia. During boreal summer …

Aridity over a semiarid zone in northern China and responses to the East Asian summer monsoon

H Zhang, Q Zhang, P Yue, L Zhang… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
In this study, the variability of the aridity over a semiarid zone in Northern China from 1961 to
2013 and its association with the northernmost margin of the East Asian summer monsoon …

Northward migration of the East Asian summer monsoon northern boundary during the twenty-first century

Z Wang, Z Fu, B Liu, Z Zheng, W Zhang, Y Liu… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
The northern fringe area of the East Asian summer monsoon (EASM) between arid and
semiarid regions is a fragile eco-environment zone and ecological transition zone, and it is …

Himalaya to Hengduan: dynamics of alpine treelines under climate change

A Tiwari, A Adhikari, ZX Fan, SF Li, AS Jump… - Regional Environmental …, 2023 - Springer
Alpine treelines serve as vital indicators of the impacts of climate change on tree growth and
forest distribution. They offer valuable insights into how shifting temperature and …

[HTML][HTML] A study on the relationship between dynamic change of vegetation coverage and precipitation in Beijing's mountainous areas during the last 20 years

X Jing, WQ Yao, JH Wang, XY Song - Mathematical and Computer …, 2011 - Elsevier
Beijing's mountainous areas have an important ecological significance because they are
ecological conservation and water source protection areas of Beijing. The impact of …

Temperature variability inferred from tree-ring widths in the Dabie Mountains of subtropical central China

Y Zheng, Y Zhang, X Shao, ZY Yin, J Zhang - Trees, 2012 - Springer
A tree-ring width chronology was developed using the tree-ring cores of Huangshan pine
(Pinus taiwanensis Hayata) from the Dabie Mountains, central China. Descriptive statistics of …

Long-term drying trends since the mid-Holocene in the Qaidam Basin

T Zhang, G Wang, Y Wang, Z Wei, W He, X Ma, H Ma… - Catena, 2023 - Elsevier
This study was conducted to improve our understanding of climate changes and landscape
evolution in the transitional area between the westerly-dominated regions and monsoonal …