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IAP missions in China facing a changing world Guoxiong Wu Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China The WCSSP Workshop, 23 rd Sep, 2019, London, UK Contents • IAP at a Glance • The Climate Challenge facing in China • Research related to the “Challenge” at IAP • Future
Interpreting synoptic charts Get an overview of the weather over the country with an understanding of synoptic charts. Synoptic charts may appear confusing at first glance. However, with a basic understanding of fronts and air masses, these charts can show a lot of information about the expected
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Although the more substantial impacts are expected in Denmark on Sunday, Storm Malik’s track will glance northern areas of the UK on Saturday, bringing high winds to much of Scotland, Northern Ireland and parts of northern England. This has resulted in weather warnings being issued. For the UK
far a plume of warm air to the south encroaches over southern areas of the UK. At present it’s looking like it could glance the far southeast on Saturday and Sunday, which would bring with it the risk of some showers, although the heaviest showers look likely to be contained over the continent.”
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will be fuelled almost completely by the rise of heat-trapping greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, but the anticipated development of the naturally-occurring El Nino event will also release heat from the tropical Pacific.” Key findings at a glance There is 66% chance that annual global surface temperature
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