MM5 Simulations of the China Regional Climate During the LGM. Ⅱ： Influence of Change of Land Area, Vegetation, and Large-scale Circulation Background

UsingaregionalclimatemodelMM5nestedtoanatmosphericglobalclimatemodelCCM3,aseriesofsimulationsandsensitivityexperimentshavebeenperformedtoinvestigatetherelativeLGMclimateresponsetochangesofland-seadistribution,vegetation,andlarge-scalecirculationbackgroundoverChina.Modelresultsshowthatcomparedwiththepresentclimate,thefluctuationsofsea-landdistributionineasternAsiaduringtheLGMresultinthetemperaturedecreaseinwinterandincreaseinsummer.IthassignificantimpactonthetemperatureandprecipitationintheeastcoastalregionofChina.TheimpactonprecipitationintheeastcoastalregionofChinaisthemostsignificantone,with25%-50%decreaseinthetotalprecipitationchangeduringtheLGM.Ontheotherhand,thechangesinsea-landdistributionhavelessinfluenceontheclimateofinlandandwesternpartofChina.DuringtheLGM,significantchangesinvegetationresultintemperaturealternatingwithwinterincreaseandsummerdecrease,butdifferencesintheannualmeantemperatureareminor.DuringtheLGM,theglobalclimate,i.e.,thelarge-scalecirculationbackgroundhaschangedsignificantly.ThesechangeshavesignificantinfluencesontemperatureandprecipitationoverChina.Theyresultinconsiderabletemperaturedecreasesinthisarea,anddirecttheprimarypatternsandcharacteristicsoftemperaturechanges.Resultsdisplaythat,northeasternChinahasthegreatesttemperaturedecrease,andthetemperaturedecreaseintheTibetanPlateauislargerthanintheeasternpartofChinalocatedatthesamelatitude.Moreover,thechangeoflarge-scalecirculationbackgroundalsocontrolsthepatternofprecipitationchange.Resultsalsoshowthat,mostofthechangesinprecipitationoverwesternandnortheasternpartsofChinaaretheconsequencesofchanginglarge-scalecirculationbackground,ofwhich50%-75%ofprecipitationchangesovernorthernandeasternChinaaretheresultsofchangesinlarge-scalecirculationbackground.OverChina,theLGM