Change Effects on Snow Cover, Soil Moisture and Soil Frost in the Boreal Conditions over Finland
on the climate change effects on snow cover, soil moisture and soil frost in the boreal condi-tions over Finland. Silva Fennica 44(2): 213–233. This study considered how climate change affects the accumulation of snow, the soil mois-ture and soil frost at sites without tree cover in boreal condition...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.455.4988 2023-05-15T17:42:37+02:00 Change Effects on Snow Cover, Soil Moisture and Soil Frost in the Boreal Conditions over Finland Matti Maajärvi Harri Str Antti Kilpeläinen Heli Peltola The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.455.4988 http://www.metla.fi/silvafennica/full/sf44/sf442213.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.455.4988 http://www.metla.fi/silvafennica/full/sf44/sf442213.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://www.metla.fi/silvafennica/full/sf44/sf442213.pdf text ftciteseerx 2016-01-08T06:09:39Z on the climate change effects on snow cover, soil moisture and soil frost in the boreal condi-tions over Finland. Silva Fennica 44(2): 213–233. This study considered how climate change affects the accumulation of snow, the soil mois-ture and soil frost at sites without tree cover in boreal conditions in Finland (60°–70°N). An increase of 4.5 °C in annual mean temperature and 20 % in annual precipitation were assumed for Finland by the year 2100 according to A2 emission scenario. Along with climate, the soil type of the permanent inventory plots of the Finnish National Forest Inventory was used. Soil and climate data were combined by using a process-based ecosystem model. Calculations were done for four periods: current climate (1971–2000), near future (2001–2020), mid-term future (2021–2050) and long-term future (2071–2100). According to our simulations, the average monthly duration and depth of snow decreased over the simulation period. However, the increasing precipitation may locally increase the snow depths in the mid-term calculations. In the autumn and winter, the average volumetric soil moisture content slightly increased in southern Finland during the near future, but decreased towards the end of the century, but still remained on a higher level than presently. In northern Finland, the soil moisture in the autumn Text Northern Finland Unknown |
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on the climate change effects on snow cover, soil moisture and soil frost in the boreal condi-tions over Finland. Silva Fennica 44(2): 213–233. This study considered how climate change affects the accumulation of snow, the soil mois-ture and soil frost at sites without tree cover in boreal conditions in Finland (60°–70°N). An increase of 4.5 °C in annual mean temperature and 20 % in annual precipitation were assumed for Finland by the year 2100 according to A2 emission scenario. Along with climate, the soil type of the permanent inventory plots of the Finnish National Forest Inventory was used. Soil and climate data were combined by using a process-based ecosystem model. Calculations were done for four periods: current climate (1971–2000), near future (2001–2020), mid-term future (2021–2050) and long-term future (2071–2100). According to our simulations, the average monthly duration and depth of snow decreased over the simulation period. However, the increasing precipitation may locally increase the snow depths in the mid-term calculations. In the autumn and winter, the average volumetric soil moisture content slightly increased in southern Finland during the near future, but decreased towards the end of the century, but still remained on a higher level than presently. In northern Finland, the soil moisture in the autumn |
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Change Effects on Snow Cover, Soil Moisture and Soil Frost in the Boreal Conditions over Finland |
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