Variations of Near Surface Energy Balance Caused by Land Cover Changes in the Semiarid Grassland Area of China
Joint Authors
Ma, Enjun
Tang, Chengcai
Jiang, Qun’ou
Yuan, Yongwei
Zhang, Wei
Source
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-9, 9 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-02-27
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
This study applies the Dynamics of Land System (DLS) model to simulating the land cover under the designed scenarios and then analyzes the effects of land cover conversion on energy flux in the semiarid grassland area of China with the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model.
The results indicate that the grassland will show a steadily upgrowing trend under the coordinated environmental sustainability (CES) scenario.
Compared to the CES scenario, the rate of increase in grassland cover is lower, while the rate of increase in urban land cover will be higher under the rapid economic growth (REG) scenario.
Although the conversion from cropland to grassland will reduce the energy flux, the expansion of urban area and decreasing of forestry area will bring about more energy flux.
As a whole, the energy flux of near surface will obviously not change under the CES scenario, and the climate therefore will not be possible to be influenced greatly by land cover change.
The energy flux under the REG scenario is higher than that under the CES scenario.
Those research conclusions can offer valuable information for the land use planning and climate change adaptation in the semiarid grassland area of China.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Jiang, Qun’ou& Tang, Chengcai& Ma, Enjun& Yuan, Yongwei& Zhang, Wei. 2014. Variations of Near Surface Energy Balance Caused by Land Cover Changes in the Semiarid Grassland Area of China. Advances in Meteorology،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-9.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Jiang, Qun’ou…[et al.]. Variations of Near Surface Energy Balance Caused by Land Cover Changes in the Semiarid Grassland Area of China. Advances in Meteorology No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-9.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Jiang, Qun’ou& Tang, Chengcai& Ma, Enjun& Yuan, Yongwei& Zhang, Wei. Variations of Near Surface Energy Balance Caused by Land Cover Changes in the Semiarid Grassland Area of China. Advances in Meteorology. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-506085
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-506085