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FRONT MATTER
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INTRODUCTION
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| Part I Variability of Monsoon |
THERMAL-DYNAMICAL EFFECTS OF THE TIBETAN PLATEAU ON THE EAST ASIAN MONSOON
GUOXIONG WU, QIONG ZHANG, ANMIN DUAN and JIANGYU MAO | 9 |
PALEO-MONSOON VARIATIONS IN EAST ASIA RECONSTRUCTED FROM TERRESTRIAL RECORDS
LI LI and ZHISHENG AN | 23 |
PALEO-MONSOON EVOLUTION AND VARIABILITY DERIVED FROM DEEP-SEA SEDIMENTS
PINXIAN WANG | 39 |
LATE QUATERNARY PALEOCLIMATE SIMULATIONS AND MODEL COMPARISONS FOR THE EAST ASIAN MONSOON
GE YU, SANDY P. HARRISON, XING CHEN and YINGQUN ZHENG | 59 |
EL NIÑO AND THE SOUTHERN OSCILLATION-MONSOON INTERACTION AND INTERANNUAL CLIMATE
CHONGYIN LI and RONGHUI HUANG | 75 |
| Part II Atmospheric Composition |
RECENT TRENDS IN SUMMER PRECIPITATION IN CHINA AND MONGOLIA
TETSUZO YASUNARI, NOBUHIKO ENDO and BORJIGINTE AILIKUN | 91 |
WARMING IN EAST ASIA AS A CONSEQUENCE OF INCREASING GREENHOUSE GASES
ZONGCI ZHAO, AKIO KITOH and DONG-KYOU LEE | 105 |
CLIMATE IMPACTS OF ATMOSPHERIC SULFATE AND BLACK CARBON AEROSOLS
YUN QIAN, QINGYUAN SONG, SURABI MENON, SHAOCAI YU, SHAW LIU, GUANGYU SHI, RUBY LEUNG and YUNFENG LUO | 115 |
LONG-RANGE TRANSPORT AND DEPOSITION OF DUST AEROSOLS OVER THE OCEAN, AND THEIR IMPACTS ON CLIMATE
ZIFA WANG, GUANGYU SHI and YOUNG-JOON KIM | 133 |
| Part III Land-Use Change |
LAND USE AND LAND COVER CHANGE IN EAST ASIA AND ITS POTENTIAL IMPACTS ON MONSOON CLIMATE
CONGBIN FU and SHUYU WANG | 149 |
THE TERRESTRIAL CARBON BUDGET IN EAST ASIA: HUMAN AND NATURAL IMPACTS
HANQIN TIAN, JIYUAN LIU, JERRY MELILLO, MINGLIANG LIU, DAVID KICKLIGHTER, XIAODONG YAN and SHUFEN PAN | 163 |
IMPACTS OF AGRICULTURE ON THE NITROGEN CYCLE
ZHENGQIN XIONG, JOHN FRENEY, ARVIN MOSIER, ZHAOLIANG ZHU, YOUN LEE and KAZUYUKI YAGI | 177 |
IMPACTS OF LAND USE ON STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS AND BIODIVERSITY
KANEHIRO KITAYAMA, GUANGSHENG ZHOU and KEPING MA | 195 |
IMPACT OF LAND USE IN SEMIARID ASIA ON ARIDIFICATION AND DESERTIFICATION
DENNIS OJIMA, WEN JIE DONG, ZHUGUO MA, JEFF HICKE and TOM RILEY | 211 |
| Part IV Marine/Coastal Systems |
TRANSPORT OF MATERIALS INDUCED BY HUMAN ACTIVITIES ALONG THE YELLOW AND YANGTZE RIVERS
DUNXIN HU, CHONGGUANG PANG, QINGYE WANG, WEIJIN YAN and JIONGXIN XU | 225 |
IMPACTS OF GLOBAL WARMING ON LIVING RESOURCES IN OCEAN AND COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS
QISHENG TANG and LING TONG | 239 |
SEA-LEVEL CHANGES AND VULNERABILITY OF THE COASTAL ZONE
NOBUO MIMURA and HIROMUNE YOKOKI | 251 |
| Part V Driving Forces |
CHANGES IN POPULATION NUMBER, COMPOSITION, DISTRIBUTION, AND CONSUMPTION IN EAST ASIA
XIZHE PENG and XUEHUI HAN | 267 |
APPLICATION OF CLEAN TECHNOLOGIES AND NEW POLICIES TO REDUCE EMISSIONS AND THE IMPACTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE ON HUMAN HEALTH
KEJUN JIANG and GANG WEN | 279 |
TRENDS AND PROACTIVE RISK MANAGEMENT OF CLIMATE-RELATED DISASTERS
PEI JUN SHI, NORIO OKADA, JOANNE LINNEROOTH-BAYER and YI GE | 293 |
ASSESSMENT OF VULNERABILITY AND ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE IN WESTERN CHINA
YONGYUAN YIN, PENG GONG and YIHUI DING | 309 |
APPLICATION OF ASIA–PACIFIC INTEGRATED MODEL IN EAST ASIA
XIULIAN HU and KEJUN JIANG | 323 |
HUMAN DRIVERS OF CHANGE IN THE EAST ASIAN MONSOON SYSTEM
KAREN SETO, DENNIS OJIMA, QINGYUAN SONG and ARVIN MOSIER | 335 |
BACK MATTER
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