The climate induced variation of the continental biosphere: A model simulation of the Last Glacial Maximum
A simplified three‐dimensional global climate model was used to simulate the surface temperature and precipitation distributions for the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), 18 000 years ago. These fields were applied to a bioclimatic scheme wich parameterizes the distribution of eight vegetation types as a...
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ftunivbruxelles:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/246511 2023-05-15T18:40:21+02:00 The climate induced variation of the continental biosphere: A model simulation of the Last Glacial Maximum Friedlingstein, Pierre Delire, Christine Muller, Jean François Gérard, Jean-Claude 1992 No full-text files http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/246511 en eng uri/info:doi/10.1029/92GL00546 uri/info:scp/0026451540 http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/246511 Geophysical research letters, 19 (9 Sciences de la terre et du cosmos Géographie physique info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:ulb-repo/semantics/articlePeerReview info:ulb-repo/semantics/openurl/article 1992 ftunivbruxelles 2022-06-12T21:36:07Z A simplified three‐dimensional global climate model was used to simulate the surface temperature and precipitation distributions for the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), 18 000 years ago. These fields were applied to a bioclimatic scheme wich parameterizes the distribution of eight vegetation types as a function of biotemperature and annual precipitation. The model predicts a decrease, for LGM compared to present, in forested area balanced by an increase in desert and tundra extent, in agreement with a reconstruction of the distribution of vegetation based on paleodata. However, the estimated biospheric carbon content (phytomass and soil carbon) at LGM is less reduced than in the reconstructed one. Possible reasons for this discrepancy are discussed. Copyright 1992 by the American Geophysical Union. SCOPUS: ar.j info:eu-repo/semantics/published Article in Journal/Newspaper Tundra DI-fusion : dépôt institutionnel de l'Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) |
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A simplified three‐dimensional global climate model was used to simulate the surface temperature and precipitation distributions for the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), 18 000 years ago. These fields were applied to a bioclimatic scheme wich parameterizes the distribution of eight vegetation types as a function of biotemperature and annual precipitation. The model predicts a decrease, for LGM compared to present, in forested area balanced by an increase in desert and tundra extent, in agreement with a reconstruction of the distribution of vegetation based on paleodata. However, the estimated biospheric carbon content (phytomass and soil carbon) at LGM is less reduced than in the reconstructed one. Possible reasons for this discrepancy are discussed. Copyright 1992 by the American Geophysical Union. SCOPUS: ar.j info:eu-repo/semantics/published |
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The climate induced variation of the continental biosphere: A model simulation of the Last Glacial Maximum |
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The climate induced variation of the continental biosphere: A model simulation of the Last Glacial Maximum |
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The climate induced variation of the continental biosphere: A model simulation of the Last Glacial Maximum |
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The climate induced variation of the continental biosphere: A model simulation of the Last Glacial Maximum |
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climate induced variation of the continental biosphere: a model simulation of the last glacial maximum |
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