Impacts of Future Grassland Changes on Surface Climate in Mongolia
Joint Authors
Shi, Qingling
Zhang, Fan
Ke, Xinli
Wang, Weimin
Li, Xing
Source
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-9, 9 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-12-05
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Climate change caused by land use/cover change (LUCC) is becoming a hot topic in current global change, especially the changes caused by the grassland degradation.
In this paper, based on the baseline underlying surface data of 1993, the predicted underlying surface data which can be derived through overlaying the grassland degradation information to the map of baseline underlying surface, and the atmospheric forcing data of RCP 6.0 from CMIP5, climatological changes caused by future grassland changes for the years 2010–2020 and 2040–2050 with the Weather Research Forecast model (WRF) are simulated.
The model-based analysis shows that future grassland degradation will significantly result in regional climate change.
The grassland degradation in future could lead to an increasing trend of temperature in most areas and corresponding change range of the annual average temperature of −0.1°C–0.4°C, and it will cause a decreasing trend of precipitation and corresponding change range of the annual average precipitation of 10 mm–50 mm.
This study identifies lines of evidence for effects of future grassland degradation on regional climate in Mongolia which provides meaningful decision-making information for the development and strategy plan making in Mongolia.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Zhang, Fan& Li, Xing& Wang, Weimin& Ke, Xinli& Shi, Qingling. 2013. Impacts of Future Grassland Changes on Surface Climate in Mongolia. Advances in Meteorology،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-458564
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Zhang, Fan…[et al.]. Impacts of Future Grassland Changes on Surface Climate in Mongolia. Advances in Meteorology No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-458564
American Medical Association (AMA)
Zhang, Fan& Li, Xing& Wang, Weimin& Ke, Xinli& Shi, Qingling. Impacts of Future Grassland Changes on Surface Climate in Mongolia. Advances in Meteorology. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-458564
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-458564