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Climate change and variability over Malaysia: gaps in science and research information

This paper provides an overview of the current available scientific knowledge pertaining to climate change and climate variability over Malaysia. Malaysia is situated in the western part of the Maritime Continent of the Southeast Asian region. Hence, regional climate change and climate variability o...

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Main Authors: Fredolin T. Tangang,, Liew, Juneng, Ester Salimun,, Kwan, Meng Sei, Loh, Jui Le, Halimatun Muhamad,
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Published: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2012
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spelling my-ukm.journal.55722016-12-14T06:38:51Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/5572/ Climate change and variability over Malaysia: gaps in science and research information Fredolin T. Tangang, Liew, Juneng Ester Salimun, Kwan, Meng Sei Loh, Jui Le Halimatun Muhamad, This paper provides an overview of the current available scientific knowledge pertaining to climate change and climate variability over Malaysia. Malaysia is situated in the western part of the Maritime Continent of the Southeast Asian region. Hence, regional climate change and climate variability over this region are of central importance to the understanding of climate change in Malaysia. The latest regional climate downscaling study indicates that, depending on the emission scenario, the mean surface temperature over Malaysia would increase by 3-5oC by the end of the 21st century. The mean precipitation is projected to decrease (increase) during Northern Hemisphere winter (summer). However, future variabilities associated with regional phenomena such as the monsoon, El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) and Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) are largely unknown. Current knowledge on the intensity and frequency of future extreme events (drought and flood) is limited. This is also the case for regional sea level rise and long-term changes in regional seas, especially in the southern region of the South China Sea. We conclude that knowledge gap in the science of climate change over Malaysia and the surrounding region remains wide. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2012-11 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/5572/1/05%2520Fredolin%2520T%2520Tangang.pdf Fredolin T. Tangang, and Liew, Juneng and Ester Salimun, and Kwan, Meng Sei and Loh, Jui Le and Halimatun Muhamad, (2012) Climate change and variability over Malaysia: gaps in science and research information. Sains Malaysiana, 41 (11). pp. 1355-1366. ISSN 0126-6039 http://www.ukm.my/jsm/
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description This paper provides an overview of the current available scientific knowledge pertaining to climate change and climate variability over Malaysia. Malaysia is situated in the western part of the Maritime Continent of the Southeast Asian region. Hence, regional climate change and climate variability over this region are of central importance to the understanding of climate change in Malaysia. The latest regional climate downscaling study indicates that, depending on the emission scenario, the mean surface temperature over Malaysia would increase by 3-5oC by the end of the 21st century. The mean precipitation is projected to decrease (increase) during Northern Hemisphere winter (summer). However, future variabilities associated with regional phenomena such as the monsoon, El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) and Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) are largely unknown. Current knowledge on the intensity and frequency of future extreme events (drought and flood) is limited. This is also the case for regional sea level rise and long-term changes in regional seas, especially in the southern region of the South China Sea. We conclude that knowledge gap in the science of climate change over Malaysia and the surrounding region remains wide.
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author Fredolin T. Tangang,
Liew, Juneng
Ester Salimun,
Kwan, Meng Sei
Loh, Jui Le
Halimatun Muhamad,
spellingShingle Fredolin T. Tangang,
Liew, Juneng
Ester Salimun,
Kwan, Meng Sei
Loh, Jui Le
Halimatun Muhamad,
Climate change and variability over Malaysia: gaps in science and research information
author_facet Fredolin T. Tangang,
Liew, Juneng
Ester Salimun,
Kwan, Meng Sei
Loh, Jui Le
Halimatun Muhamad,
author_sort Fredolin T. Tangang,
title Climate change and variability over Malaysia: gaps in science and research information
title_short Climate change and variability over Malaysia: gaps in science and research information
title_full Climate change and variability over Malaysia: gaps in science and research information
title_fullStr Climate change and variability over Malaysia: gaps in science and research information
title_full_unstemmed Climate change and variability over Malaysia: gaps in science and research information
title_sort climate change and variability over malaysia: gaps in science and research information
publisher Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate 2012
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/5572/1/05%2520Fredolin%2520T%2520Tangang.pdf
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