Model experiment description paper |
| 25 Jan 2022
Afforestation impact on soil temperature in regional climate model simulations over Europe
Giannis Sofiadis,Eleni Katragkou,Edouard L. Davin,Diana Rechid,Nathalie de Noblet-Ducoudre,Marcus Breil,Rita M. Cardoso,Peter Hoffmann,Lisa Jach,Ronny Meier,Priscilla A. Mooney,Pedro M. M. Soares,Susanna Strada,Merja H. Tölle,and Kirsten Warrach Sagi
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
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...
