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Increased control of vegetation on global terrestrial energy fluxes

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  • Giovanni Forzieri

    (European Commission, Joint Research Centre)

  • Diego G. Miralles

    (Ghent University)

  • Philippe Ciais

    (LSCE CEA CNRS UPSACLAY IPSL)

  • Ramdane Alkama

    (European Commission, Joint Research Centre)

  • Youngryel Ryu

    (Seoul National University)

  • Gregory Duveiller

    (European Commission, Joint Research Centre)

  • Ke Zhang

    (Hohai University)

  • Eddy Robertson

    (Met Office)

  • Markus Kautz

    (Forest Research Institute Baden-Württemberg)

  • Brecht Martens

    (Ghent University)

  • Chongya Jiang

    (Seoul National University)

  • Almut Arneth

    (KIT, IMK-IFU)

  • Goran Georgievski

    (Institute of Coastal Research
    Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research)

  • Wei Li

    (Tsinghua University)

  • Guido Ceccherini

    (European Commission, Joint Research Centre)

  • Peter Anthoni

    (KIT, IMK-IFU)

  • Peter Lawrence

    (NCAR)

  • Andy Wiltshire

    (Met Office)

  • Julia Pongratz

    (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
    Max Planck Institute for Meteorology)

  • Shilong Piao

    (Peking University)

  • Stephen Sitch

    (University of Exeter)

  • Daniel S. Goll

    (University of Augsburg)

  • Vivek K. Arora

    (University of Victoria)

  • Sebastian Lienert

    (Physics Institute and Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern)

  • Danica Lombardozzi

    (NCAR)

  • Etsushi Kato

    (Institute of Applied Energy (IAE))

  • Julia E. M. S. Nabel

    (Max Planck Institute for Meteorology)

  • Hanqin Tian

    (Auburn University)

  • Pierre Friedlingstein

    (University of Exeter)

  • Alessandro Cescatti

    (European Commission, Joint Research Centre)

Abstract

Changes in vegetation structure are expected to influence the redistribution of heat and moisture; however, how variations in the leaf area index (LAI) affect this global energy partitioning is not yet quantified. Here, we estimate that a unit change in LAI leads to 3.66 ± 0.45 and −3.26 ± 0.41 W m−2 in latent (LE) and sensible (H) fluxes, respectively, over the 1982–2016 period. Analysis of an ensemble of data-driven products shows that these sensitivities increase by about 20% over the observational period, prominently in regions with a limited water supply, probably because of an increased transpiration/evaporation ratio. Global greening has caused a decrease in the Bowen ratio (B = H/LE) of −0.010 ± 0.002 per decade, which is attributable to the increased evaporative surface. Such a direct LAI effect on energy fluxes is largely modulated by plant functional types (PFTs) and background climate conditions. Land surface models (LSMs) misrepresent this vegetation control, possibly due to underestimation of the biophysical responses to changes in the water availability and poor representation of LAI dynamics.

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  • Giovanni Forzieri & Diego G. Miralles & Philippe Ciais & Ramdane Alkama & Youngryel Ryu & Gregory Duveiller & Ke Zhang & Eddy Robertson & Markus Kautz & Brecht Martens & Chongya Jiang & Almut Arneth &, 2020. "Increased control of vegetation on global terrestrial energy fluxes," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 10(4), pages 356-362, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:10:y:2020:i:4:d:10.1038_s41558-020-0717-0
    DOI: 10.1038/s41558-020-0717-0
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