Land use affects the global climate through greenhouse gas and aerosol emissions, as well as through changes in biophysical properties of the surface. Anthropogenic land use change over time has caused substantial climate forcing related to albedo, i.e. the share of solar radiation reflected back ...
Drylands represent the planet’s largest terrestrial biome and evidence suggests these landscapes have large potential for creating feedbacks to future climate. Recent studies also indicate that dryland ecosystems are responding markedly to climate change. Biological soil crusts (biocrusts) ‒ soil surfac...
affects local-to-global climate not only through modifications in surface roughness, carbon processes, and turbulent heat fluxes, but also through changes in surface albedo that directly alter the Earth’s radiation budget9. However, most of the attention thus far has been focused on quantifying ch...
Methods to determine the long-term changes in energy capture by an ecosystem show promise in documenting the regional effects of global climate change on ecosystem health. Because of the efficiency and power of remote sensing in characterizing large areas with high-resolution data, these methods may...
If, as we suggest, melting ice and sea level rise define the level of dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system, then reducing soot emissions, thus restoring snow albedos to pristine high values, would have the double benefit of reducing global warming and raising the global ...
3. The Role of Surface Albedo Feedback in Climate. 气候中地表反照率反馈影响。 youdao 4. Melting of snow and ice affects albedo in two ways. 冰雪融化从两个方面影响反照率。 youdao 5. You change the albedo of the Earth, "he explained." 他解释道:“因为你改变了地球的反照率。” youdao ...
The snow-albedo feedback (SAF) is one of the key processes that lead to rapid temperature increases at high latitude and altitude regions. Here, we examine the strength of SAF in the Northern Hemisphere (NH, 30°–90°N) from satellite-based observation, climate reanalysis (i.e., ERA5)...
In the physical climate system, land surface albedo determines the radiation balance of the surface and affects the surface temperature and boundary-layer structure of the atmosphere. Due to anthropogenic and natural factors, urban land covers changes result is the land surfaces albedo changes. The ...
wood harvest-induced alterations of surface albedo and other biophysical factors affect climate12,13. The magnitude and direction (warming or cooling) of biophysical climate effects vary and are strongly site-specific14,15. Alteration of surface albedo directly affects the global radiation balance12,16...
Sand dunes may be affected by climate changes (e.g., [9–11]). The wind is the driving force of a sand dune; yet, precipitation affects the vegetation and biogenic crust covers, which can stabilize the sand, thus playing an important role in dune mobility. Previous studies mainly ...