Introducing a new international program: monsoon asia integrated regional study (MAIRS)--颗粒学报PARTICUOLOGY

Fu, C., Ailikun, Zhang, R., & Yan, X. (2006). Introducing a new international program: monsoon asia integrated regional study (MAIRS). China Particuology, 4(6), 352-355. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1672-2515(07)60289-9

Introducing a new international program: monsoon asia integrated regional study (MAIRS)

Congbin Fu, Ailikun ^*, Renjian Zhang, Xiaodong Yan

Key Laboratory of Regional Climate-Environment Research for Temperate East Asia, START Regional Center for Temperate East Asia, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China

10.1016/S1672-2515(07)60289-9

Volume 4, Issue 6, December 2006, Pages 352-355

Received 8 June 2006, Accepted 25 October 2006, Available online 14 December 2007.

E-mail: aili@tea.ac.cn

Highlights

Abstract

The Monsoon Asia Integrated Regional Study (MAIRS) is a new Earth System Science Partnership (ESSP) program aimed at the integrated study of environmental changes over monsoon Asian region. This paper briefly introduces MAIRS, its background and concept, scientific themes and objectives, data requirements and its information system, intensive observation experiment, and its linkage with ongoing international projects.

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Keywords

integrated regional study; monsoon Asia; earth system science; environmental change

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