Mountains and Midlatitude Aridity
Mountains and Midlatitude Aridity
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DOI：
10.1007/978-1-4615-5935-1_5
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发表时间：
1997
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A. Broccoli;S. Manabe
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作者：
A. Broccoli;S. Manabe
地质记录提供的证据表明，世界上大部分地区的山脉隆起和气候变化之间存在联系。了解山地隆起对气候演变影响的一种方法是研究现代地形学在决定现代气候分布中的作用。更好地了解全球山脉分布影响当今气候的机制，可能有助于了解因地形变化而发生的气候变化。不幸的是，即使是理解现代地形学的作用也是一项艰巨的任务，单靠观测是不可能完成的，因为气候系统的许多组成部分之间的相互作用限制了我们将山地效应与其他影响（如大陆的位置、大小和形状或入射太阳辐射的空间分布）分离开来的能力。
The geological record provides evidence that suggests a link between mountain uplift and changes in climate over substantial regions of the world.1One approach to understanding the effect of mountain uplift on the evolution of climate is to investigate the role of present-day orography in determining the modern distribution of climates. A better understanding of the mechanisms by which the global distribution of mountains affects today’s climate may shed light on the changes in climate that would occur in response to changes in orography. Unfortunately, even to understand the role of modern orography presents a difficult task that is not likely to be accomplished using observations alone, because the interaction among the many components of the climate system limits our ability to isolate mountain effects from other influences such as the location, size, and shape of the continents or the spatial distribution of incoming solar radiation.