[HTML][HTML] Grand challenges of hydrologic modeling for food-energy-water nexus security in high mountain Asia

SK Mishra, S Rupper, S Kapnick, K Casey… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Climate-influenced changes in hydrology affect water-food-energy security that may impact
up to two billion people downstream of the High Mountain Asia (HMA) region. Changes in …

[HTML][HTML] How do multiscale interactions affect extreme precipitation in eastern Central Asia?

Q Ma, J Zhang, Y Ma, AT Game, Z Chen… - Journal of …, 2021 - journals.ametsoc.org
The variability of extreme precipitation in eastern central Asia (ECA) during summer (June–
August) and its corresponding mechanisms were investigated from a multiscale synergy …

[HTML][HTML] Seasonal forecast of nonmonsoonal winter precipitation over the Eurasian continent using machine-learning models

QF Qian, XJ Jia, H Lin, R Zhang - Journal of Climate, 2021 - journals.ametsoc.org
In this study, four machine-learning (ML) models [gradient boost decision tree (GBDT), light
gradient boosting machine (LightGBM), categorical boosting (CatBoost), and extreme …

The Asian subtropical westerly jet stream in CRA-40, ERA5, and CFSR reanalysis data: Comparative assessment

X Yu, L Zhang, T Zhou, J Liu - Journal of Meteorological Research, 2021 - Springer
The Asian subtropical westerly jet (AWJ) exerts crucial influences on Eurasian continent
weather and climate. This paper analyzes the advantages and limitations of CRA-40, which …

[HTML][HTML] Changes in precipitation amounts and extremes across Xinjiang (northwest China) and their connection to climate indices

W Hu, J Yao, Q He, J Chen - PeerJ, 2021 - peerj.com
Xinjiang is a major part of China's arid region and its water resource is extremely scarcity.
The change in precipitation amounts and extremes is of significant importance for the …

[HTML][HTML] High mountains becoming wetter while deserts getting drier in Xinjiang, China since the 1980s

Y Zhang, C An, L Liu, Y Zhang, C Lu, W Zhang - Land, 2021 - mdpi.com
Climate change has been thought to drive the accelerated expansion of global drylands.
However, many studies reveal that Arid Central Asia (ACA) has been warming and wetting …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of whole SST anomaly in the tropical Indian Ocean on summer rainfall over Central Asia

L Meng, Y Zhao, M Li - Frontiers in Earth Science, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The effects of sea surface temperature (SST) anomaly in the tropical Indian Ocean (IO) on
summer rainfall over central Asia (CA) are investigated using NCEP/NCAR reanalysis …

[HTML][HTML] The connection between extreme precipitation variability over monsoon asia and large-scale circulation patterns

S Khadgarai, V Kumar, PK Pradhan - Atmosphere, 2021 - mdpi.com
Spatial and temporal variability in precipitation has been dramatically changed due to
climate variability and climate change over the global domain. Increasing in extreme …

[HTML][HTML] Spatiotemporal variation of the burned area and its relationship with climatic factors in Central Kazakhstan

Y Xu, Z Lin, C Wu - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
Central Asia is prone to wildfires, but the relationship between wildfires and climatic factors
in this area is still not clear. In this study, the spatiotemporal variation in wildfire activities …

Simulation and estimation of future precipitation changes in arid regions: a case study of Xinjiang, Northwest China

H Du, C Zhou, H Tang, X Jin, D Chen, P Jiang, M Li - Climatic Change, 2021 - Springer
Precipitation is critical for maintaining the stability of an ecosystem, especially in arid
regions. This study primarily focuses on climatic changes during present (from 1985 to 2005) …