Impacts of greenhouse effects (2 × CO
2) upon climate change over China as simulated by a regional climate model over China (RegCM / China) have been investigated.
The model was based on RegCM2 and was nested to a global coupled ocean-atmosphere model (CSIRO R
21L
9 AOGCM model). Results of the control run (1 × CO
2) indicated that simulations of surface air temperature and precipitation in China by RegCM are much better than that by the
global coupled model because of a higher resolution. Results of sensitive experiment by RegCM with 2 × CO
2 showed that the surface air temperature over China might increase remarkably due to greenhouse effect, especially in winter
season and in North China. Precipitation might also increase in most parts of China due to the CO
2 doubling.
Key words Regional climate model - Greenhouse effect
This research was supported by National Key Programme for Developing Basic Sciences (G1998040900 — Part I), Chinese Academy
of Sciences Key Program KZCX2-203 and KZ981-B1-108.