Regional Climate Effects of Conversion from Grassland to Forestland in Southeastern China
Joint Authors
Wang, Xinsheng
Yan, Zhe
Jiang, Qun’ou
Yu, Rui
Yan, Haiming
Source
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-9, 9 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-09-28
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The land-use and land-cover change (LUCC) is the synthetic result of natural processes and human activities; it largely depends on the surface vegetation conditions, and the mutual conversion among land cover types can accelerate or alleviate the regional and global climate changes.
Aiming at analyzing the regional climatic effects of the conversion from grassland to forestland, especially in the long term perspective, we carried out the comparison simulation using the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model in Fujian province, results indicated that this conversion had a significant influence on the regional climate; the annual average temperature decreased by 0.11°C and the annual average precipitation increased by 46 mm after 11.2% of the grassland was converted into the forestland in the study area from 2000 to 2008.
In the future (form 2010 to 2050), the conversion from grassland to forestland is significant under two representative concentration pathways (RCPs) (RCP6 and RCP8.5); the spatial pattern of this conversion under the two scenarios is simulated by dynamic of land system (DLS); then, the regional climate effects of the conversion are simulated using WRF model.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Yu, Rui& Wang, Xinsheng& Yan, Zhe& Yan, Haiming& Jiang, Qun’ou. 2013. Regional Climate Effects of Conversion from Grassland to Forestland in Southeastern China. Advances in Meteorology،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-9.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Yu, Rui…[et al.]. Regional Climate Effects of Conversion from Grassland to Forestland in Southeastern China. Advances in Meteorology No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-9.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Yu, Rui& Wang, Xinsheng& Yan, Zhe& Yan, Haiming& Jiang, Qun’ou. Regional Climate Effects of Conversion from Grassland to Forestland in Southeastern China. Advances in Meteorology. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-486613
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-486613