Impact of climate change in the Hengduan Mountains of northwestern Yunnan, P.R. China: vegetation distribution change in the foretime and future Export

@inproceedings{citeulike:1665470, abstract = {Alpine meadows in the Hengduan Mountains of northwestern Yunnan, P.R. China are incredibly diverse. The regional climate is warming at a relatively rapid rate. In this paper, analyses of historical climate station data show that mean annual temperature over the last two decades has increased at a rate of 0.6\°C/10 yr. In addition, analyses of historical remote sensing data show that the vegetation distribution in this region has changed evidently. We present simulation results from a general circulation model (HadCM3) and a dynamic vegetation model (MC1) showing how changes in future climate may alter alpine ecosystem of the Baima Nature Reserve in northwestern Yunnan.}, author = {Sun, J. and Baker, B. and Bachelet, D. and Daly, C. and Ma, J. and Liu, J.}, booktitle = {Earth Observing Systems XI. Edited by Butler, James J.. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 6296, pp. 62960X (2006).}, citeulike-article-id = {1665470}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://scitation.aip.org/getabs/servlet/GetabsServlet?prog=normal&id=PSISDG00629600000162960X000001&idtype=cvips&gifs=yes}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://link.aip.org/link/?PSI/6296/62960X}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.678964}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=2006SPIE.6296E..30S}, doi = {10.1117/12.678964}, keywords = {2518china, alpine, china, climate\_change, hadcm3, hadley, mountains, vegetation\_models, yunnan}, month = {September}, posted-at = {2007-09-17 11:46:48}, priority = {3}, series = {Presented at the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference}, title = {Impact of climate change in the Hengduan Mountains of northwestern Yunnan, P.R. China: vegetation distribution change in the foretime and future}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.678964}, volume = {6296}, year = {2006} }

TY - CONF ID - citeulike:1665470 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1665470 N2 - Alpine meadows in the Hengduan Mountains of northwestern Yunnan, P.R. China are incredibly diverse. The regional climate is warming at a relatively rapid rate. In this paper, analyses of historical climate station data show that mean annual temperature over the last two decades has increased at a rate of 0.6°C/10 yr. In addition, analyses of historical remote sensing data show that the vegetation distribution in this region has changed evidently. We present simulation results from a general circulation model (HadCM3) and a dynamic vegetation model (MC1) showing how changes in future climate may alter alpine ecosystem of the Baima Nature Reserve in northwestern Yunnan. SE - Presented at the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference TI - Impact of climate change in the Hengduan Mountains of northwestern Yunnan, P.R. China: vegetation distribution change in the foretime and future VL - 6296 T2 - Earth Observing Systems XI. Edited by Butler, James J.. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 6296, pp. 62960X (2006). KW - 2518china KW - alpine KW - china KW - climate_change KW - hadcm3 KW - hadley KW - mountains KW - vegetation_models KW - yunnan AU - Sun, J AU - Baker, B AU - Bachelet, D AU - Daly, C AU - Ma, J AU - Liu, J PY - 2006/September// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.678964 ER -