China and global change : opportunities for collaboration

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1992
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (240 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.7/00951
• Soggetto topico: Climatic changes - China; Climatic changes - Research - China; Environmental policy - China; Environmental policy - International cooperation
• Note generali: "Panel on Global Climate Change Sciences in China. Committee on Scholarly Communication with the People's Republic of China. Office of International Affairs. National Research Council."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-132) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""China and Global Change""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""Purpose""; ""CHINA'S VIEW OF GLOBAL CHANGE""; ""CHINESE GLOBAL CHANGE PROGRAM""; ""Chinese National Committee for the IGBP""; ""Chinese National Climate Committee""; ""ORGANIZATION OF CHINESE SCIENCE""; ""CHINESE PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL GLOBAL CHANGE PROGRAMS""; ""International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Project""; ""Past Global Changes""; ""Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems"" ; ""Biospheric Aspects of the Hydrological Cycle and Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment""""Programs on Marine Environments""; ""Global Analysis, Interpretation, and Modeling""; ""System for Analysis, Research, and Training""; ""Data and Information Systems for the IGBP""; ""Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change Program""; ""Chinese Ecological Research Network""; ""SELECTED TOPICS""; ""Atmospheric Chemistry""; ""Trace Gases and Oxidants""; ""Aerosols""; ""Stratospheric O3""; ""Atmospheric Deposition""; ""Physical and Ecological Interactions of the Atmosphere and Land Surface"" ; ""Hydrology""""Biotic Controls on Trace Gases""; ""Climate Change Effects on Land Cover Change Dynamics""; ""SUMMARY""; ""1 Introduction ""; ""CHINA'S ROLE IN GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE""; ""PURPOSE AND STRUCTURE OF THE STUDY""; ""Background""; ""Purpose""; ""Committee Charge""; ""Methodology""; ""Report Format""; ""NOTES""; ""2 China's Responses to Global Change ""; ""CHINA'S VIEW OF GLOBAL CHANGE""; ""CHINESE GLOBAL CHANGE PROGRAM""; ""Chinese National Committee for the IGBP""; ""Organization and Membership""; ""CNCIGBP Research Agenda""; ""Chinese National Climate Committee"" ; ""Organization and Membership""""CNCC Research Agenda""; ""Climate data""; ""Climate Research""; ""Tropical Oceans Global Atmosphere (TOGA)""; ""Climate Application""; ""Climate Impact""; ""National Climate Change Coordination Group""; ""NOTES""; ""3 Overview of Institutions Relevant to Global Change Research ""; ""ORGANIZATION""; ""FUNDING""; ""CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES""; ""NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY""; ""NATIONAL NATURAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION OF CHINA""; ""STATE EDUCATION COMMISSION""; ""STATE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION COMMISSION""; ""STATE METEOROLOGICAL ADMINISTRATION"" ; ""STATE OCEANOGRAPHIC ADMINISTRATION""""STATE PLANNING COMMISSION""; ""STATE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COMMISSION""; ""NOTES""; ""4 Chinese Participation in International Global Change Research Programs ""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""INTERNATIONAL GLOBAL ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY PROJECT""; ""Research Highlights""; ""PAST GLOBAL CHANGES""; ""Review of CNCIGBP Literature""; ""Research Highlights""; ""Summary of PAGES Research""; ""GLOBAL CHANGE AND TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS""; ""China's Vegetation and Climate""; ""Research Highlights""; ""CAS Institute of Botany"" ; ""CAS Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology""
• Titolo autorizzato: China and global change
• ISBN: 1-280-19645-9; 9786610196456; 0-309-57293-2; 0-585-08551-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910817966703321
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