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START Temperate East Asia

Based on the original Climate Research Laboratory of Institute of Atmospheric Physics (IAP), START Regional Center for Temperate East Asia (START TEA RC) was founded as a research entity in 1995. The main research theme of START TEA RC is the integrated research of global change and regional responses. START TEA RC also undertakes the international functions of International Global Change System for Analysis, Research and Training (START) and to carry on global change study and related training in East Asia region.

To understand the regulations and mechanisms of regional environmental system changes, therefore to develop predictive theories and methods, and to establish the scientific bases for orderly human adaptation and countermeasure, the main research objectives of START TEA RC are:

Research of global and regional environmental changes regulations;

Key processes study of climate-terrestrial ecological system interaction in Asia monsoon region;

Development of regional environmental system (climate-ecology-society-economy-hydrology) integrated model;

Impacts of global change on regional climate system and study on orderly human adaptation;

Comprehensive integrated study on the aridification in Northern China.

Related resources

START TEA Website

START International website