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Available online at www.sciencedirect.com e GLOBAL AND PLANETARY science @joinecr CHANGE ie EVIER Global and Planetary Change 37 (2003) 341-342 www.elsevier.com/locate/gloplacha Contents Volume 37, 2003 SPECIAL ISSUE EVALUATION, INTERCOMPARISON AND APPLICATION OF GLOBAL CLIMATE MODELS Edited by P.B. Duffy Introduction Research Papers Barotropic mode errors in an Indian Ocean model associated with the GWR method T.G. Jensen Evaluation of Northern Hemisphere natural climate variability in multiple temperature reconstructions and global climate model simulations J.L. Bell, L.C. Sloan, J. Revenaugh and P.B. Duffy Influence of North American land processes on North Atlantic Ocean variability U.S. Bhatt, E.K. Schneider and D.G. Dewitt Sensitivity of the global circulation to the suppression of precipitation by anthropogenic aerosols F.J. Nober, H.-F. Graf and D. Rosenfeld A comparison of climate change simulations produced by two GFDL coupled climate models K.W. Dixon, T.L. Delworth, T.R. Knutson, M.J. Spelman and R.J. Stouffer An overview of results from the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project C. Covey, K.M. AchutaRao, U. Cubasch, P. Jones, S.J. Lambert, M.E. Mann, T.J. Phillips and K.E. Decadal ENSO amplitude modulations: a nonlinear paradigm A. Timmermann Geoengineering Earth’s radiation balance to mitigate climate change from a quadrupling of CO2 B. Govindasamy, K. Caldeira and P.B. Duffy SPECIAL ISSUE ASIA MONSOON ENVIRONMENT SYSTEM AND GLOBAL CHANGE Edited by Congbin Fu and Xiaodong Yan Preface Research Papers Interdecadal change in the Asia—Africa summer monsoon and its associated changes in global atmospheric circulation X.-W. Quan, H.F. Diaz and C.-B. Fu Interannual characteristics of the surface hydrological variables over the arid and semi-arid areas of northern China Z. Ma and C. Fu Regional carbon dynamics in monsoon Asia and its implications for the global carbon cycle H. Tian, J.M. Melillo, D.W. Kicklighter, S. Pan, J. Liu, A.D. McGuire and B. Moore III 342 Contents Volume 37, 2003 Potential impacts of human-induced land cover change on East Asia monsoon ea Sa hi ea a Ta a a ee i ae wa we aw eae bad. O68 9 owe eee A simulation study on the eco-environmental effects of 3N Shelterbelt in North China a ar ic tk a oe a at SR eae ie i aaah Gekid! dW aib igs age Aa 0s eg 8 wees ead 231 Effects of the land-surface heterogeneities in temperature and moisture from the “combined approach” on regional climate: a sensitivity study X.-M. Zeng, M. Zhao, B.-K. Su, J.-P. Tang, Y.-Q. Zheng, Y.-J. Zhang and J. Chen. ........0..0.2 .ee.e .ea e 247 A simplified version of the coupled heat and moisture transport model ee A a ale lias ald delete vias Vie a's ¥ 00a bos ee ea eed eek wa 265 2 X COz Eastern Asia regional responses in the RSM/CCM3 modeling system S.-C. Chen, M.-C. Wu, S. Marshall, H.-M.H. Juang and J.O. Roads.......cee. c.e.e .e.e.e .e.e e.e e 277 Theory of stability, and regulation and control of ecological system in oasis i Aree 2 Reka ae ae eS ie ee Aine bik fund ae Sierk wa ek oe ke eee ewe 287 Uncertainties in estimates of cropland area in China: a comparison between an AVHRR-derived dataset and a Landsat TM- derived dataset X. Xiao, J. Liu, D. Zhuang, S. Frolking, S. Boles, B. Xu, M. Liu, W. Salas, B. Moore Ill and C. Li................ 297 Sensitivities of species compositions of the mixed forest in eastern Eurasian continent to climate change i cw An esa a eke eee eee alee aa daw baa be £ ¥ Rh oad we we eee Association between winter temperature in China and upper air circulation over East Asia revealed by canonical correlation analysis ara ee a Ge Ae a as SG eee deb Cake SEAS RARER ARO RES RA Evaluation of seasonal forecast skill over China er i 2S es ota ON el ea dN gare hale bp ae DRAM Oe TOP A woe OR ee TE en ay OTE EE aR PY TE Nae | eS ee a eee eRe Seiya | EN ee Bee ee ee ae SE pe Re ir MEE ere Oe en ae Mer ra ee Nee MNCL SRR es)