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MAIRS—The Integrate Study of Human-Natural Components of Asian Monsoon System

MAIRS—The Integrate Study of Human-Natural Components of Asian Monsoon System. Ailikun , Congbin FU International Program office(IPO). Monsoon Asia Integrated Regional study (MAIRS). The 2 nd AMY’08 workshop, 3-4 Sep, Bali. Characteristics of Monsoon Asia. Dominated by monsoon climate

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MAIRS—The Integrate Study of Human-Natural Components of Asian Monsoon System

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  1. MAIRS—The Integrate Study of Human-Natural Components of Asian Monsoon System Ailikun, Congbin FU International Program office(IPO) Monsoon Asia Integrated Regional study (MAIRS) The 2nd AMY’08 workshop, 3-4 Sep, Bali

  2. Characteristics of Monsoon Asia • Dominated by monsoon climate • Diverse geography and landscape • Long history of civilization and rapid economic development in recent decades • Rich of ecosystem and biodiversity • Unbalanced water resource distribution

  3. Global Emissions of Black Carbon(Bond et al., JGR, 2004) Around 10 Tg/yr units: ng/m2/sec

  4. Forest forest grassland Desert and Gobi Dry farmland Paddy field grassland Grassland Land cover/use change in Northern Part of China from 1980 to 2000 increase decrease decrease increase increase decrease decrease increase decrease Cropland Land cover in 2000 increase increase decrease decrease by Zhang, Ailikun et. al., 2007

  5. Urbanization Beijing/Tianjin Urbanization in China from 1980 to 2000 Beijing/Tianjin area Yangtze River Delta area Pearl River Delta area Yangtze River delta area Pearl River delta area by Zhang, Ailikun et. al., 2007

  6. Change of sunshine duration(hr/d) 1960-2006 (/10a) By Zhao and Fu, 2007

  7. Vision of MAIRS “To significantly advance understanding of the interactions between the human-natural components of the overall environment in the monsoon Asian region, and implications for the global earth system, in order to support strategies for sustainable development.”

  8. MAIRS Scientific Highlights • MAIRS integrates research on these issues in four geographic Zones in Asia: • the Coastal Zone • the Mountain Zone • the Semi arid Zone • the Urban Zone

  9. Key Points of Each Theme Rapid transformation of land and marine resources Multiple stresses on ecosystem and biophysical resources Coastal Zone Mountain Zone Semi-arid Zone Urban Zone Vulnerability of ecosystem due to changing climate and land use Changes in resources use and emission due to rapid urbanization

  10. Hydrological cycle and water resource • Ecosystem and biodiversity • Agriculture, forestry and food security • Extreme events and natural disaster 1, Scientific Issues for Mountain Research Leading research question: What are the drivers and impacts of global environmental change on the fragile natural and human systems of mountain zones of monsoon Asia? Tokyo Bay

  11. 2, Scientific Issues for Urban Research • Energy, emissions and urban air quality • Urbanization, flood regimes, disaster management • Urbanization and water security Leading research question: what are the impacts of urban landscape change and emissions on the climate system, ecosystem, and human health? Tokyo Bay

  12. Coastal morphological change • Sustainability of coastal resources • Vulnerability of coastal society and adaptation • Coastal management 3, Scientific Issues for Coastal Research Leading research question: What affects rapid transformationof land and marine resources in the coastal zones in the context of global environmental change? Tokyo Bay

  13. Interactions among global warming, monsoon variability and aridity • Atmosphere, land surface and ecosystem interaction • Dust aerosol-cloud interaction, the hydrological cycle and regional climate 4, Scientific Issues for Semi-arid Research Leading research question: How will semi-arid zones change in the next decades with respect to water resource, air quality, provision of ecosystem goods and services, extreme events and hazards? Tokyo Bay

  14. Major achievements 2006-2007 • Scientific Steering Committee installed, 3 meetings by now • International Program Office formally opened in Jan. 2006 in Beijing • The MAIRS science plan drafting workshop in April, 2006 in Kunming, China. • MAIRS accepted as the first IRS of ESSP, Oct, 2006 • MAIRS Initial Science plan (WP1) published in Oct, 2006 • MAIRS Initial Science plan in Chinese (WP2) published in Jun, 2007 • MAIRS mountain group report (WP3) published in Jun, 2007 • MAIRS urban group report (WP4) be published in Oct. • MAIRS Special issue (AAS) coming soon Tokyo Bay

  15. MAIRS international workshop on Anthropogenic changes of Asian Monsoon (Co-sponsored by MAHASRI/GEWEX, AAMP/CLIVAR and START in 21-24, April 2008, Nanjing, China). Key topics: 1, Asian monsoon in a warming earth 2, Impacts of various air pollutants, especially aerosols, on monsoon and hydrological cycles 3, Impacts of human-induced land cover change (via bio-geophysics and biogeochemical processes of the land surface) on Asian monsoon 4, Drivers of aerosols emission and land cover changes in monsoon Asia MAIRS Important events in 2008 Tokyo Bay

  16. Thank you! http://www.mairs-essp.org Info@mairs-essp.org Or mairs@mairs-essp.org

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