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 Revelant 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 -- Summary of GCTE Research -- BIOSPHERIC ASPECTS OF THE HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE AND GLOBAL ENERGY AND WATER CYCLE EXPERIMENT -- Research Highlights -- Sino-Japanese Atmosphere-Land Surface Processes Experiment -- Chinese Research -- Japanese Research -- Summary of BAHC/GEWEX Research -- PROGRAMS ON MARINE ENVIRONMENTS -- Introduction -- Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone -- LOICZ Research Highlights -- Joint Global Ocean Flux Study -- Chinese JGOFS Committee -- National Program on Margin Flux in the East China Sea -- Tropical Ocean and Global Atmosphere -- Observation Programs -- TOGA-Monsoon Climate Research -- Monitoring of El Niño Events -- Summary of Research in Marine Environments -- GLOBAL ANALYSIS, INTERPRETATION, AND MODELING -- SYSTEM FOR ANALYSIS, RESEARCH, AND TRAINING -- Chinese Start Proposal -- Regional Geography -- Scientific Themes -- Impact of global change on sustainable development -- Regional problems of global significance.

Development of human resources -- Policy and strategies for global environmental issues -- Network Organization -- Summary of the CNCIGBP Proposal -- DATA AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS FOR THE IGBP -- HUMAN DIMENSIONS OF GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE PROGRAM -- Research Highlights -- Summary of HD/GEC Research -- CHINESE ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH NETWORK -- Organization of the Network -- Synthesis Center -- Subcenters -- Field Stations -- CERN Information System -- CERN Research -- Core Projects -- Cooperative Links Between CERN and the U.S. Long-Term Ecological Research Network -- Participation in the MAB Program -- Summary of CERN -- NOTES -- 5 Selected Topics -- INTRODUCTION -- ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY -- Trace Gases and Oxidants -- Aerosols -- Stratospheric Ozone -- Atmospheric Deposition -- PHYSICAL AND ECOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS OF THE ATMOSPHERE AND LAND SURFACE -- Hydrology -- Summary of Hydrology -- Biotic Controls on Trace Gases -- CH4 Studies -- N2O Emissions -- Climate-Vegetation Dynamics, Net Primary Productivity, and CO2-Vegetation Interactions -- Soil Nutrient Studies -- Summary of Biotic Controls on Trace Gases -- Climate Change Effects on Land Cover Change Dynamics -- Land Cover Change Research -- Literature -- IGBP Research -- Summary of Land Cover Change Dynamics -- NOTES -- 6 Summary -- INTRODUCTION -- CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH PROGRAMS -- PROSPECTS FOR COLLABORATION -- References -- APPENDIXES -- A Overviews of Selected Institutions -- INTRODUCTION -- BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY -- Institute of Low Energy Physics -- Research Highlights -- CHINA REMOTE SENSING SATELLITE GROUND STATION -- CHINESE ACADEMY OF METEOROLOGICAL SCIENCES -- Research Highlights -- COMMISSION FOR INTEGRATED SURVEY OF NATURAL RESOURCES -- GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY -- Research Highlights -- INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS -- Research Highlights.

INSTITUTE OF BOTANY -- Research Highlights -- INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY -- Research Highlights -- LANZHOU INSTITUTE OF GLACIOLOGY AND GEOCRYOLOGY -- Research Highlights -- Ice Core Studies -- Snow Cover Studies -- Glacial Mass Balance Snowline Studies -- Antarctic Studies -- LANZHOU INSTITUTE OF PLATEAU ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS -- Research Highlights -- NANJING INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE -- Research Highlights -- NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY -- NANJING INSTITUTE OF SOIL SCIENCE -- Research Highlights -- NANJING UNIVERSITY -- Department of Geo and Ocean Sciences -- NORTHWEST INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION -- PEKING UNIVERSITY -- Research Highlights -- Center for Environmental Sciences -- Institute of Remote Sensing Technology and Application -- QINGDAO INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY -- Research Highlights -- RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO-ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES -- Research Highlights -- Trace Gas Projects -- Biogeochemistry -- Precipitation Chemistry -- SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY -- Research Highlights -- SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY -- SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY -- Research Highlights -- XI'AN LABORATORY OF LOESS AND QUATERNARY GEOLOGY -- Research Highlights -- XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY, PEDOLOGY, AND DESERT RESEARCH -- ZHONGSHAN UNIVERSITY -- NOTES -- B Global Change Projects Listed by the National Natural Science Foundation of China -- INTERNATIONAL GLOBAL ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY PROJECT -- General Projects -- PAST GLOBAL CHANGES PROJECTS -- General Projects -- Key Projects -- Major Projects -- BIOSPHERIC ASPECTS OF THE HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE PROJECTS -- Major Projects -- LAND-OCEAN INTERACTIONS IN THE COASTAL ZONE PROJECTS -- General Projects -- JOINT GLOBAL OCEAN FLUX STUDY PROJECTS -- General Projects -- Key Projects -- Major Projects -- HUMAN DIMENSIONS OF GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE PROGRAM PROJECTS.

General Projects -- NOTES -- C Selected Bilateral and Multilateral Global Change Projects -- D Ecological Stations of the Chinese Academy of Sciences -- STATIONS -- NETWORK STUDY ON ECOSYSTEMS IN CHINA -- NOTES -- E Contact Information for Selected Institutions -- F Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Index.