Impacts of re-greening the desertified lands in northwestern China: Implications from a regional climate model experiment

Sen O., WANG B., WANG Y.

JOURNAL OF THE METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN, cilt.82, sa.6, ss.1679-1693, 2004 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 82 Sayı: 6
  • Basım Tarihi: 2004
  • Doi Numarası: 10.2151/jmsj.82.1679
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF THE METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1679-1693
  • İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This paper describes a study that investigates the local and regional effects of vegetation restoration in northern China via regional climate model simulations, and reports implications for the sustainability of vegetation under the altered rainfall regime. Ensemble simulations with the current vegetation cover and an idealized re-greening scenario for a test area in northwestern China (90degrees-110degrees E and 36degrees-42degrees N) were performed using large scale boundary forcing derived from 1998. The results indicate that such re-greening has both significant local and regional effects on the atmospheric circulation and rainfall distribution.