Land-atmosphere energy exchange in Arctic tundra and boreal forest: available data and feedbacks to climate
This paper summarizes and analyses available data on the surface energy balance of Arctic tundra and boreal forest. The complex interactions between ecosystems and their surface energy balance are also examined, including climatically induced shifts in ecosystem type that might amplify or reduce the...
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ftunivreading:oai:centaur.reading.ac.uk:31072 2024-09-15T17:35:53+00:00 Land-atmosphere energy exchange in Arctic tundra and boreal forest: available data and feedbacks to climate Eugster, Werner Rouse, Wayne R. Pielke Sr, Roger A. Mcfadden, Joseph P. Baldocchi, Dennis D. Kittel, Timothy G. F. Chapin III, F. Stuart Liston, Glen E. Vidale, Pier Luigi Vaganov, Eugene Chambers, Scott 2000 https://centaur.reading.ac.uk/31072/ https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2486.2000.06015.x unknown Wiley-Blackwell Eugster, W., Rouse, W. R., Pielke Sr, R. A., Mcfadden, J. P., Baldocchi, D. D., Kittel, T. G. F., Chapin III, F. S., Liston, G. E., Vidale, P. L. <https://centaur.reading.ac.uk/view/creators/90000796.html> orcid:0000-0002-1800-8460 , Vaganov, E. and Chambers, S. (2000) Land-atmosphere energy exchange in Arctic tundra and boreal forest: available data and feedbacks to climate. Global Change Biology, 6 (S1). pp. 84-115. ISSN 1365-2486 doi: https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2486.2000.06015.x <https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2486.2000.06015.x> Article PeerReviewed 2000 ftunivreading https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2486.2000.06015.x 2024-08-12T23:43:15Z This paper summarizes and analyses available data on the surface energy balance of Arctic tundra and boreal forest. The complex interactions between ecosystems and their surface energy balance are also examined, including climatically induced shifts in ecosystem type that might amplify or reduce the effects of potential climatic change. High latitudes are characterized by large annual changes in solar input. Albedo decreases strongly from winter, when the surface is snow-covered, to summer, especially in nonforested regions such as Arctic tundra and boreal wetlands. Evapotranspiration (QE) of high-latitude ecosystems is less than from a freely evaporating surface and decreases late in the season, when soil moisture declines, indicating stomatal control over QE, particularly in evergreen forests. Evergreen conifer forests have a canopy conductance half that of deciduous forests and consequently lower QE and higher sensible heat flux (QH). There is a broad overlap in energy partitioning between Arctic and boreal ecosystems, although Arctic ecosystems and light taiga generally have higher ground heat flux because there is less leaf and stem area to shade the ground surface, and the thermal gradient from the surface to permafrost is steeper. Permafrost creates a strong heat sink in summer that reduces surface temperature and therefore heat flux to the atmosphere. Loss of permafrost would therefore amplify climatic warming. If warming caused an increase in productivity and leaf area, or fire caused a shift from evergreen to deciduous forest, this would increase QE and reduce QH. Potential future shifts in vegetation would have varying climate feedbacks, with largest effects caused by shifts from boreal conifer to shrubland or deciduous forest (or vice versa) and from Arctic coastal to wet tundra. An increase of logging activity in the boreal forests appears to reduce QE by roughly 50% with little change in QH, while the ground heat flux is strongly enhanced. Article in Journal/Newspaper albedo Arctic permafrost taiga Tundra CentAUR: Central Archive at the University of Reading Global Change Biology 6 S1 84 115 |
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This paper summarizes and analyses available data on the surface energy balance of Arctic tundra and boreal forest. The complex interactions between ecosystems and their surface energy balance are also examined, including climatically induced shifts in ecosystem type that might amplify or reduce the effects of potential climatic change. High latitudes are characterized by large annual changes in solar input. Albedo decreases strongly from winter, when the surface is snow-covered, to summer, especially in nonforested regions such as Arctic tundra and boreal wetlands. Evapotranspiration (QE) of high-latitude ecosystems is less than from a freely evaporating surface and decreases late in the season, when soil moisture declines, indicating stomatal control over QE, particularly in evergreen forests. Evergreen conifer forests have a canopy conductance half that of deciduous forests and consequently lower QE and higher sensible heat flux (QH). There is a broad overlap in energy partitioning between Arctic and boreal ecosystems, although Arctic ecosystems and light taiga generally have higher ground heat flux because there is less leaf and stem area to shade the ground surface, and the thermal gradient from the surface to permafrost is steeper. Permafrost creates a strong heat sink in summer that reduces surface temperature and therefore heat flux to the atmosphere. Loss of permafrost would therefore amplify climatic warming. If warming caused an increase in productivity and leaf area, or fire caused a shift from evergreen to deciduous forest, this would increase QE and reduce QH. Potential future shifts in vegetation would have varying climate feedbacks, with largest effects caused by shifts from boreal conifer to shrubland or deciduous forest (or vice versa) and from Arctic coastal to wet tundra. An increase of logging activity in the boreal forests appears to reduce QE by roughly 50% with little change in QH, while the ground heat flux is strongly enhanced. |
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Eugster, Werner Rouse, Wayne R. Pielke Sr, Roger A. Mcfadden, Joseph P. Baldocchi, Dennis D. Kittel, Timothy G. F. Chapin III, F. Stuart Liston, Glen E. Vidale, Pier Luigi Vaganov, Eugene Chambers, Scott |
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Eugster, Werner Rouse, Wayne R. Pielke Sr, Roger A. Mcfadden, Joseph P. Baldocchi, Dennis D. Kittel, Timothy G. F. Chapin III, F. Stuart Liston, Glen E. Vidale, Pier Luigi Vaganov, Eugene Chambers, Scott Land-atmosphere energy exchange in Arctic tundra and boreal forest: available data and feedbacks to climate |
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Eugster, Werner Rouse, Wayne R. Pielke Sr, Roger A. Mcfadden, Joseph P. Baldocchi, Dennis D. Kittel, Timothy G. F. Chapin III, F. Stuart Liston, Glen E. Vidale, Pier Luigi Vaganov, Eugene Chambers, Scott |
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Land-atmosphere energy exchange in Arctic tundra and boreal forest: available data and feedbacks to climate |
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Land-atmosphere energy exchange in Arctic tundra and boreal forest: available data and feedbacks to climate |
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Land-atmosphere energy exchange in Arctic tundra and boreal forest: available data and feedbacks to climate |
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Land-atmosphere energy exchange in Arctic tundra and boreal forest: available data and feedbacks to climate |
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Land-atmosphere energy exchange in Arctic tundra and boreal forest: available data and feedbacks to climate |
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land-atmosphere energy exchange in arctic tundra and boreal forest: available data and feedbacks to climate |
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Eugster, W., Rouse, W. R., Pielke Sr, R. A., Mcfadden, J. P., Baldocchi, D. D., Kittel, T. G. F., Chapin III, F. S., Liston, G. E., Vidale, P. L. <https://centaur.reading.ac.uk/view/creators/90000796.html> orcid:0000-0002-1800-8460 , Vaganov, E. and Chambers, S. (2000) Land-atmosphere energy exchange in Arctic tundra and boreal forest: available data and feedbacks to climate. Global Change Biology, 6 (S1). pp. 84-115. ISSN 1365-2486 doi: https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2486.2000.06015.x <https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2486.2000.06015.x> |
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