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Model experiment description paper
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25 Jan 2022
Model experiment description paper |
| 25 Jan 2022
| 25 Jan 2022
Afforestation impact on soil temperature in regional climate model simulations over Europe
Department of Meteorology and Climatology, School of Geology,
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Eleni Katragkou
Department of Meteorology and Climatology, School of Geology,
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Edouard L. Davin
Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zurich, Zurich,
Switzerland
now at: Wyss Academy for Nature, Climate and Environmental Physics, Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Diana Rechid
Climate Service Center Germany (GERICS), Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon,
Fischertwiete 1, Hamburg, Germany
Nathalie de Noblet-Ducoudre
Laboratoire des Sciences du
Climat et de l'Environnement; UMR CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Université
Paris-Saclay, Orme des Merisiers, bât 714, Gif-sur-Yvette
CEDEX, France
Marcus Breil
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
Rita M. Cardoso
Instituto Dom Luiz (IDL), Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de
Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
Peter Hoffmann
Climate Service Center Germany (GERICS), Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon,
Fischertwiete 1, Hamburg, Germany
Lisa Jach
Institute of Physics and Meteorology, University of Hohenheim,
Stuttgart, Germany
Ronny Meier
Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zurich, Zurich,
Switzerland
now at: Umweltschutz, Stadt Luzern, 6005, Lucerne, Switzerland
Priscilla A. Mooney
NORCE Norwegian Research Centre, Bjerknes Center for Climate Research, Bergen, Norway
Pedro M. M. Soares
Instituto Dom Luiz (IDL), Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de
Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
Susanna Strada
International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Earth System
Physics Section, Trieste, Italy
Merja H. Tölle
Universität Kassel, Center of Environmental Systems Research
(CESR), Wilhelmshöher Allee 47, Kassel, Germany
Kirsten Warrach Sagi
Institute of Physics and Meteorology, University of Hohenheim,
Stuttgart, Germany
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Short summary
Afforestation is currently promoted as a greenhouse gas mitigation strategy. In our study, we examine the differences in soil temperature and moisture between grounds covered either by forests or grass. The main conclusion emerged is that forest-covered grounds are cooler but drier than open lands in summer. Therefore, afforestation disrupts the seasonal cycle of soil temperature, which in turn could trigger changes in crucial chemical processes such as soil carbon sequestration.
Afforestation is currently promoted as a greenhouse gas mitigation strategy. In our study, we...
