Gensuo Jia
Biographic Data
| ID | 6823110 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gensuo Jia |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gensuo |
| FAMILY NAME | Jia |
| SIGNATURE | JIA G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institute of Atmospheric Physics |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5950-9555 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Navigating the winds of change: Strategic foresight and the power of weak signals
In an era of increased complexity, interdependence, uncertainty and rapidly advancing technology, the ability to identify and swiftly adapt to current and future trends is key to progressing sustainability. Intersecting drivers and stressors are converging to destabilize socioecological systems and reshape national, regional and global outlooks. The intersecting and converging crises of the 21st century have exposed the limits of planning that re…
Displacement of Intertropical Convergence Zone induced by interannual variability in biomass burning aerosol emissions
Biomass burning (BB) aerosols affect Earth’s climate through total emissions and their interannual variability. Using the Community Earth System Model version 2 Large Ensemble Community Project, we investigate the impact of BB variability on the tropical climate response. High BB variability leads to increased precipitation and a southward shift of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) in the central Pacific (CP) and western Pacific (WP), but…
Changes in urban heat island intensity during heatwaves in China
With rising occurrence of heatwaves and ongoing urban expansion, urban residents are facing severer heat-related stress under the combined effects of urban heat island (UHI) and heatwaves. Controversial results, however, have been reported regarding whether the UHI is exacerbated during heatwaves. In this study, we used fused ground and satellite daily maximum air temperature data to evaluate the variation of UHI intensities under heatwaves acros…
Recent massive expansion of wildfire and its impact on active layer over pan-Arctic permafrost
Wildfire is recognized as an increasing threat to the southern boreal forests and the permafrost beneath them, with less occurring over the cold continuous permafrost than before. However, we show that continuous permafrost was a major contribution to wildfire expansion in the pan-Arctic over the last two decades. The expansion rate of burned area over continuous permafrost was 0.9 Mha decade −1 , in contrast to a decreasing trend (−0.5 Mha decad…
Serengeti–Masai Mara ecosystem dynamics inferred from rainfall extremes
The Serengeti–Masai Mara Ecosystem (SMME) is an iconic ecological and biodiversity resource in East Africa with a spectacular great animal migration feature. Environmental shocks like droughts, floods, and land degradation threaten the SMME’s ecological functioning. However, the spatiotemporal ecosystem dynamics during climate extremes are inadequately examined. Here we quantified water availability and vegetation changes during extreme wet (EWE)…
Asymmetrical cooling effects of Amazonian protected areas across spatiotemporal scales
Amazonian protected areas (PAs) play an important role in maintaining the regional and global ecosystem services, biodiversity and climate change mitigation. The effects of Amazonian PAs on climate change mitigation mainly focus on the carbon sequestration benefits. The biophysical effects of PAs on regulating the local energy budgets, and hence changing local climate, however, are often ignored. Using multiple satellite observation datasets, we …
Deforestation triggering irreversible transition in Amazon hydrological cycle
The Amazon is hypothesized to reach an irreversible ‘tipping point’ when deforestation slows the hydrological cycle sufficiently that tropical forest ecosystems cannot be sustained. However, inception of such a tipping point has not been supported by observations and the relevant links between deforestation and atmospheric moisture recycling are poorly understood. Here we show that reduction in evapotranspiration from 20 years of deforestation dr…
Enhanced nighttime heatwaves over African urban clusters
Despite the threat that nighttime heatwave poses to public health and the environment in the developing world, it remains relatively understudied in Africa, especially in its rapidly expanding urban areas with large populations. Using meteorological observations, climate reanalysis, remote sensing datasets, and integrated methodology, we found that during 1981–2020, nighttime heatwaves dramatically increased with early onset dates over Africa. La…
Reforestation enhanced landscape connectivity for thermal buffering in China
Deforestation-induced landscape fragmentation causes habitat loss and isolation, modifies local climate, and therefore threatens biodiversity. While, on the contrary, how large-scale reforestation may improve the connectivity and thermal buffers of habitats is not well understood. We show that decades long large-scale reforestation in China has effectively increased the size and connectivity of forest patches by gradually filling gaps among isola…
Water availability surpasses warmth in controlling global vegetation trends in recent decade: Revealed by satellite time series
A better understanding of the dominant climatic drivers that control vegetation trends across regions and biomes is essential for assessing ecosystem dynamics and land-climate interactions in a warming world. Temperature (TMP) has long been considered as dominant control in global vegetation trends, and growing evidence suggests that water availability plays an increasingly important role in determining trends in vegetation growth over many biome…
Enso-driven reverse coupling in interannual variability of pantropical water availability and global atmospheric CO 2 growth rate
The large interannual variability of global atmospheric CO 2 growth rate originates primarily from variation in carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) uptake of pantropical terrestrial ecosystems, which covaries with the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) modulated climate fluctuations of water availability and temperature change. However, the role of ENSO in modulating the contributions of regional to overall water availability interannual variability, and the…
Urban heat island impacts on building energy consumption: A review of approaches and findings
Improving meteorological drought monitoring capability over tropical and subtropical water-limited ecosystems: Evaluation and ensemble of the Microwave Integrated Drought Index
The monitoring of meteorological drought is critically important for tropical and subtropical water-limited ecosystems, which play key roles in the global carbon cycle and ecosystem services. Satellite remote sensing is the only practical approach for tracking drought changes with high resolution and an instantaneous response. However, the application of remote sensing drought indices derived from optical and infrared bands has been constrained d…
Satellite view of seasonal greenness trends and controls in South Asia
South Asia (SA) has been considered one of the most remarkable regions for changing vegetation greenness, accompanying its major expansion of agricultural activities, especially irrigated farming. The influence of the monsoon climate on the seasonal trends and anomalies of vegetation greenness is poorly understood in this area. Herein, we used the satellite-based Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) to investigate various spatiotemporal …
Shifts in Arctic phenology in response to climate and anthropogenic factors as detected from multiple satellite time series
There is an urgent need to reduce the uncertainties in remotely sensed detection of phenological shifts of high latitude ecosystems in response to climate changes in past decades. In this study, vegetation phenology in western Arctic Russia (the Yamal Peninsula) was investigated by analyzing and comparing Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) time series derived from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR), the Moderate Resol…
Recent changes in phenology over the northern high latitudes detected from multi-satellite data
Phenology of vegetation is a sensitive and valuable indicator of the dynamic responses of terrestrial ecosystems to climate change. Therefore, to better understand and predict ecosystems dynamics, it is important to reduce uncertainties in detecting phenological changes. Here, changes in phenology over the past several decades across the northern high-latitude region (≥60°N) were examined by calibrating and analyzing time series of the Moderate R…
Circumpolar Arctic Tundra Vegetation Change Is Linked to Sea Ice Decline
Linkages between diminishing Arctic sea ice and changes in Arctic terrestrial ecosystems have not been previously demonstrated. Here, the authors use a newly available Arctic Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) dataset (a measure of vegetation photosynthetic capacity) to document coherent temporal relationships between near-coastal sea ice, summer tundra land surface temperatures, and vegetation productivity. The authors find that, duri…
Spatial and temporal patterns of greenness on the Yamal Peninsula, Russia: Interactions of ecological and social factors affecting the Arctic normalized difference vegetation index
The causes of a greening trend detected in the Arctic using the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) are still poorly understood. Changes in NDVI are a result of multiple ecological and social factors that affect tundra net primary productivity. Here we use a 25 year time series of AVHRR-derived NDVI data (AVHRR: advanced very high resolution radiometer), climate analysis, a global geographic information database and ground-based studies…
Linking primary production, climate and land use along an urban–wildland transect: A satellite view
Variation of green vegetation cover influences local climate dynamics, exchange of water-heat between land and atmosphere, and hydrological processes.However, the mechanism of interaction between vegetation and local climate change in subtropical areas under climate warming and anthropogenic disturbances is poorly understood.We analyzed spatial-temporal trends of vegetation with moderate-resolution imaging spectroradiometer (MODIS) vegetation ind…
Evidence and Implications of Recent Climate Change in Northern Alaska and Other Arctic Regions
Role of Land-Surface Changes in Arctic Summer Warming
A major challenge in predicting Earth's future climate state is to understand feedbacks that alter greenhouse-gas forcing. Here we synthesize field data from arctic Alaska, showing that terrestrial changes in summer albedo contribute substantially to recent high-latitude warming trends. Pronounced terrestrial summer warming in arctic Alaska correlates with a lengthening of the snow-free season that has increased atmospheric heating locally by abo…
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Evidence and Implications of Recent Climate Change in Northern Alaska and Other Arctic Regions
Role of Land-Surface Changes in Arctic Summer Warming
A major challenge in predicting Earth's future climate state is to understand feedbacks that alter greenhouse-gas forcing. Here we synthesize field data from arctic Alaska, showing that terrestrial changes in summer albedo contribute substantially to recent high-latitude warming trends. Pronounced terrestrial summer warming in arctic Alaska correlates with a lengthening of the snow-free season that has increased atmospheric heating locally by abo…
Spatial and temporal patterns of greenness on the Yamal Peninsula, Russia: Interactions of ecological and social factors affecting the Arctic normalized difference vegetation index
The causes of a greening trend detected in the Arctic using the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) are still poorly understood. Changes in NDVI are a result of multiple ecological and social factors that affect tundra net primary productivity. Here we use a 25 year time series of AVHRR-derived NDVI data (AVHRR: advanced very high resolution radiometer), climate analysis, a global geographic information database and ground-based studies…
Linking primary production, climate and land use along an urban–wildland transect: A satellite view
Variation of green vegetation cover influences local climate dynamics, exchange of water-heat between land and atmosphere, and hydrological processes.However, the mechanism of interaction between vegetation and local climate change in subtropical areas under climate warming and anthropogenic disturbances is poorly understood.We analyzed spatial-temporal trends of vegetation with moderate-resolution imaging spectroradiometer (MODIS) vegetation ind…
Circumpolar Arctic Tundra Vegetation Change Is Linked to Sea Ice Decline
Linkages between diminishing Arctic sea ice and changes in Arctic terrestrial ecosystems have not been previously demonstrated. Here, the authors use a newly available Arctic Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) dataset (a measure of vegetation photosynthetic capacity) to document coherent temporal relationships between near-coastal sea ice, summer tundra land surface temperatures, and vegetation productivity. The authors find that, duri…
Recent changes in phenology over the northern high latitudes detected from multi-satellite data
Phenology of vegetation is a sensitive and valuable indicator of the dynamic responses of terrestrial ecosystems to climate change. Therefore, to better understand and predict ecosystems dynamics, it is important to reduce uncertainties in detecting phenological changes. Here, changes in phenology over the past several decades across the northern high-latitude region (≥60°N) were examined by calibrating and analyzing time series of the Moderate R…
Shifts in Arctic phenology in response to climate and anthropogenic factors as detected from multiple satellite time series
There is an urgent need to reduce the uncertainties in remotely sensed detection of phenological shifts of high latitude ecosystems in response to climate changes in past decades. In this study, vegetation phenology in western Arctic Russia (the Yamal Peninsula) was investigated by analyzing and comparing Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) time series derived from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR), the Moderate Resol…
Satellite view of seasonal greenness trends and controls in South Asia
South Asia (SA) has been considered one of the most remarkable regions for changing vegetation greenness, accompanying its major expansion of agricultural activities, especially irrigated farming. The influence of the monsoon climate on the seasonal trends and anomalies of vegetation greenness is poorly understood in this area. Herein, we used the satellite-based Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) to investigate various spatiotemporal …
Urban heat island impacts on building energy consumption: A review of approaches and findings
Improving meteorological drought monitoring capability over tropical and subtropical water-limited ecosystems: Evaluation and ensemble of the Microwave Integrated Drought Index
The monitoring of meteorological drought is critically important for tropical and subtropical water-limited ecosystems, which play key roles in the global carbon cycle and ecosystem services. Satellite remote sensing is the only practical approach for tracking drought changes with high resolution and an instantaneous response. However, the application of remote sensing drought indices derived from optical and infrared bands has been constrained d…
Enso-driven reverse coupling in interannual variability of pantropical water availability and global atmospheric CO 2 growth rate
The large interannual variability of global atmospheric CO 2 growth rate originates primarily from variation in carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) uptake of pantropical terrestrial ecosystems, which covaries with the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) modulated climate fluctuations of water availability and temperature change. However, the role of ENSO in modulating the contributions of regional to overall water availability interannual variability, and the…
Reforestation enhanced landscape connectivity for thermal buffering in China
Deforestation-induced landscape fragmentation causes habitat loss and isolation, modifies local climate, and therefore threatens biodiversity. While, on the contrary, how large-scale reforestation may improve the connectivity and thermal buffers of habitats is not well understood. We show that decades long large-scale reforestation in China has effectively increased the size and connectivity of forest patches by gradually filling gaps among isola…
Water availability surpasses warmth in controlling global vegetation trends in recent decade: Revealed by satellite time series
A better understanding of the dominant climatic drivers that control vegetation trends across regions and biomes is essential for assessing ecosystem dynamics and land-climate interactions in a warming world. Temperature (TMP) has long been considered as dominant control in global vegetation trends, and growing evidence suggests that water availability plays an increasingly important role in determining trends in vegetation growth over many biome…
Asymmetrical cooling effects of Amazonian protected areas across spatiotemporal scales
Amazonian protected areas (PAs) play an important role in maintaining the regional and global ecosystem services, biodiversity and climate change mitigation. The effects of Amazonian PAs on climate change mitigation mainly focus on the carbon sequestration benefits. The biophysical effects of PAs on regulating the local energy budgets, and hence changing local climate, however, are often ignored. Using multiple satellite observation datasets, we …
Deforestation triggering irreversible transition in Amazon hydrological cycle
The Amazon is hypothesized to reach an irreversible ‘tipping point’ when deforestation slows the hydrological cycle sufficiently that tropical forest ecosystems cannot be sustained. However, inception of such a tipping point has not been supported by observations and the relevant links between deforestation and atmospheric moisture recycling are poorly understood. Here we show that reduction in evapotranspiration from 20 years of deforestation dr…
Enhanced nighttime heatwaves over African urban clusters
Despite the threat that nighttime heatwave poses to public health and the environment in the developing world, it remains relatively understudied in Africa, especially in its rapidly expanding urban areas with large populations. Using meteorological observations, climate reanalysis, remote sensing datasets, and integrated methodology, we found that during 1981–2020, nighttime heatwaves dramatically increased with early onset dates over Africa. La…
Recent massive expansion of wildfire and its impact on active layer over pan-Arctic permafrost
Wildfire is recognized as an increasing threat to the southern boreal forests and the permafrost beneath them, with less occurring over the cold continuous permafrost than before. However, we show that continuous permafrost was a major contribution to wildfire expansion in the pan-Arctic over the last two decades. The expansion rate of burned area over continuous permafrost was 0.9 Mha decade −1 , in contrast to a decreasing trend (−0.5 Mha decad…
Serengeti–Masai Mara ecosystem dynamics inferred from rainfall extremes
The Serengeti–Masai Mara Ecosystem (SMME) is an iconic ecological and biodiversity resource in East Africa with a spectacular great animal migration feature. Environmental shocks like droughts, floods, and land degradation threaten the SMME’s ecological functioning. However, the spatiotemporal ecosystem dynamics during climate extremes are inadequately examined. Here we quantified water availability and vegetation changes during extreme wet (EWE)…
Changes in urban heat island intensity during heatwaves in China
With rising occurrence of heatwaves and ongoing urban expansion, urban residents are facing severer heat-related stress under the combined effects of urban heat island (UHI) and heatwaves. Controversial results, however, have been reported regarding whether the UHI is exacerbated during heatwaves. In this study, we used fused ground and satellite daily maximum air temperature data to evaluate the variation of UHI intensities under heatwaves acros…
Displacement of Intertropical Convergence Zone induced by interannual variability in biomass burning aerosol emissions
Biomass burning (BB) aerosols affect Earth’s climate through total emissions and their interannual variability. Using the Community Earth System Model version 2 Large Ensemble Community Project, we investigate the impact of BB variability on the tropical climate response. High BB variability leads to increased precipitation and a southward shift of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) in the central Pacific (CP) and western Pacific (WP), but…
Navigating the winds of change: Strategic foresight and the power of weak signals
In an era of increased complexity, interdependence, uncertainty and rapidly advancing technology, the ability to identify and swiftly adapt to current and future trends is key to progressing sustainability. Intersecting drivers and stressors are converging to destabilize socioecological systems and reshape national, regional and global outlooks. The intersecting and converging crises of the 21st century have exposed the limits of planning that re…
Environmental Science (20 works) · Geography (17 works) · Climatology (15 works) · Climate change (14 works) · Ecology (12 works) · Physical geography (11 works) · Meteorology (10 works) · Geology (9 works) · Ecosystem (8 works) · Vegetation (pathology (8 works)