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Bibliothèque Numerical simulation of the impact of land cover change on regional climate in China

Numerical simulation of the impact of land cover change on regional climate in China

Numerical simulation of the impact of land cover change on regional climate in China

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Date of publication
Décembre 2014
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ISBN / Resource ID
AGRIS:US201400051381
Pages
141-152

Land use and land cover change (LUCC) can modify the physical and thermodynamic characteristics of the land surface, including surface roughness, albedo, and vegetation fraction, among others. These direct changes can result in a series of impacts on regional climate. In this paper, the simulated results over China under the scenario of LUCC using weather research and forecasting model are presented. The period for the simulation is from December 2006 to December 2011. Two experiments are initialized by the LUCC datasets derived from the MODIS data of 2001 and 2008, respectively. The results show that the LUCC in most areas of China reduces the surface albedo and increases the surface temperature. Especially in the Hetao Plain, the magnitude of increased surface temperature is above 0.5� °C in winter, and the increase in winter is more obvious than in summer. The precipitation in the Hetao Plain increases. The sensible heat in most parts of East China is reduced, while the latent heat is increased in most areas of China.

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Wang, Yong-Li
Feng, Jin-Ming
Gao, Hao

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