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Supervisor's Foreword; Abstract; Acknowledgments; Contents; Zongxing Li's Resume; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Background and Significance of Topics; 1.2 Advances in Climate Change Research; 1.2.1 The Fact of Climate Change; 1.2.2 The Mechanism of Climate Change; 1.2.3 The Impact of Climate Change; 1.2.4 The Current Characteristics of the Climate Change Research; 1.3 The Main Contents; References; 2 Data and Methods; 2.1 Data; 2.1.1 The Observation Data; 2.1.1.1 The Observation Data of Southwestern Areas from China Meteorological Administration; 2.1.1.2 The Data Quality Control of Stations.
2.1.2 The Data on Glacier Change2.1.3 The Reanalyzed Data; 2.2 Methods; 2.2.1 The Linear Trend; 2.2.2 Moving Mean; 2.2.3 The Calculation of Regional Trend; 2.2.4 The Definition of Urban Station and Rural Station and the Basis of Classification; 2.2.5 The Division of Sub-regions; 2.2.6 The Changes of Atmospheric Circulation System in a Large Scale; 2.2.7 The Definition and Calculation of Extreme Event Index; 2.2.8 The Calculation of Glacier Length and Material Balance; 2.2.9 The Calculation of Water Output in Snow and Ice at High Altitudes; References.
3 Spatial and Temporal Variation of Temperature and Precipitation in Southwestern China3.1 Temporal Variation of Temperature and Precipitation; 3.1.1 Mean Temperature and Precipitation; 3.1.2 The Annual Change of Temperature; 3.1.3 The Annual Precipitation Variation; 3.1.4 Inter-annual Variation of Temperature and Precipitation in Monsoon Period and Non Monsoon Period; 3.1.5 The Temperature and Precipitation Variation Reflected by Ice Cores and Tree Rings; 3.2 Spatial Variation of Temperature and Precipitation; 3.2.1 The Spatial Distribution of Temperature Variation.
3.2.2 The Spatial Distribution of Precipitation Variation3.2.3 The Spatial Distribution of Temperature and Precipitation Variation in Summer Monsoon Period and Winter Monsoon Period; 3.3 Driving Mechanism for Temperature and Precipitation; 3.3.1 The Relationship of Temperature and Precipitation Variation with Elevation; 3.3.2 The Correlation with Temperature Variation, Radiation, Sea Surface Temperature and Sunshine Hours; 3.3.3 The Correlation of Temperature and Precipitation Variation and Atmospheric Circulation.
3.3.4 The Comparison of Variation Magnitude of Temperature in Urban and Rural Stations3.4 Summary; References; 4 Spatial and Temporal Variation of Climate Extremes in Southwestern China; 4.1 Spatial and Temporal Variation of Climate Extremes; 4.1.1 Spatial and Temporal Variation of Indices of Temperature Extremes; 4.1.2 Spatial and Temporal Variations of Precipitation Extremes; 4.2 Comparison Among Climate Extremes Indexes; 4.2.1 The Consistency of Climate Extremes Indexes; 4.2.2 The Regional Difference of Climate Extremes Indexes; 4.2.3 The Comparison of Coldness and Warmth Indexes.
2.1.2 The Data on Glacier Change2.1.3 The Reanalyzed Data; 2.2 Methods; 2.2.1 The Linear Trend; 2.2.2 Moving Mean; 2.2.3 The Calculation of Regional Trend; 2.2.4 The Definition of Urban Station and Rural Station and the Basis of Classification; 2.2.5 The Division of Sub-regions; 2.2.6 The Changes of Atmospheric Circulation System in a Large Scale; 2.2.7 The Definition and Calculation of Extreme Event Index; 2.2.8 The Calculation of Glacier Length and Material Balance; 2.2.9 The Calculation of Water Output in Snow and Ice at High Altitudes; References.
3 Spatial and Temporal Variation of Temperature and Precipitation in Southwestern China3.1 Temporal Variation of Temperature and Precipitation; 3.1.1 Mean Temperature and Precipitation; 3.1.2 The Annual Change of Temperature; 3.1.3 The Annual Precipitation Variation; 3.1.4 Inter-annual Variation of Temperature and Precipitation in Monsoon Period and Non Monsoon Period; 3.1.5 The Temperature and Precipitation Variation Reflected by Ice Cores and Tree Rings; 3.2 Spatial Variation of Temperature and Precipitation; 3.2.1 The Spatial Distribution of Temperature Variation.
3.2.2 The Spatial Distribution of Precipitation Variation3.2.3 The Spatial Distribution of Temperature and Precipitation Variation in Summer Monsoon Period and Winter Monsoon Period; 3.3 Driving Mechanism for Temperature and Precipitation; 3.3.1 The Relationship of Temperature and Precipitation Variation with Elevation; 3.3.2 The Correlation with Temperature Variation, Radiation, Sea Surface Temperature and Sunshine Hours; 3.3.3 The Correlation of Temperature and Precipitation Variation and Atmospheric Circulation.
3.3.4 The Comparison of Variation Magnitude of Temperature in Urban and Rural Stations3.4 Summary; References; 4 Spatial and Temporal Variation of Climate Extremes in Southwestern China; 4.1 Spatial and Temporal Variation of Climate Extremes; 4.1.1 Spatial and Temporal Variation of Indices of Temperature Extremes; 4.1.2 Spatial and Temporal Variations of Precipitation Extremes; 4.2 Comparison Among Climate Extremes Indexes; 4.2.1 The Consistency of Climate Extremes Indexes; 4.2.2 The Regional Difference of Climate Extremes Indexes; 4.2.3 The Comparison of Coldness and Warmth Indexes.