The change of the simulated albedo between the recent and the future periods ...
Figure 5. The change of the simulated albedo between the recent and the future periods. (a) Summer albedo change. (b) Winter albedo change. Abstract One major challenge to the improvement of regional climate scenarios for the northern high latitudes is to understand land surface feedbacks associated...
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IOP Publishing
2013
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| Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.1011563.v1 https://iop.figshare.com/articles/figure/_The_change_of_the_simulated_albedo_between_the_recent_and_the_future_periods/1011563/1 |
| Summary: | Figure 5. The change of the simulated albedo between the recent and the future periods. (a) Summer albedo change. (b) Winter albedo change. Abstract One major challenge to the improvement of regional climate scenarios for the northern high latitudes is to understand land surface feedbacks associated with vegetation shifts and ecosystem biogeochemical cycling. We employed a customized, Arctic version of the individual-based dynamic vegetation model LPJ-GUESS to simulate the dynamics of upland and wetland ecosystems under a regional climate model–downscaled future climate projection for the Arctic and Subarctic. The simulated vegetation distribution (1961–1990) agreed well with a composite map of actual arctic vegetation. In the future (2051–2080), a poleward advance of the forest–tundra boundary, an expansion of tall shrub tundra, and a dominance shift from deciduous to evergreen boreal conifer forest over northern Eurasia were simulated. Ecosystems continued to sink carbon for the next few decades, although ... |
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