Effects of soil moisture on the responses of soil temperatures to climate change in cold regions
Effects of soil moisture on the responses of soil temperatures to climate change in cold regions
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DOI:
10.1175/jcli-d-12-00305.1
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发表时间:
2012-12
影响因子:
4.9
通讯作者:
Z. Subin;C. Koven;W. Riley;M. Torn;D. Lawrence;S. Swenson
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作者:
Z. Subin;C. Koven;W. Riley;M. Torn;D. Lawrence;S. Swenson
AbstractAt high latitudes, changes in soil moisture could alter soil temperatures independently of air temperature changes by interacting with the snow thermal rectifier. The authors investigated this mechanism with model experiments in the Community Land Model 4 (CLM4) with prescribed atmospheric forcing and vegetation state. Under equilibrium historical conditions, increasing CO2 concentrations experienced by plants from 285 to 857 ppm caused local increases in soil water-filled pore space of 0.1–0.2 in some regions throughout the globe. In permafrost regions that experienced this moistening, vertical- and annual- mean soil temperatures increased by up to 3°C (0.27°C averaged over all permafrost areas). A similar pattern of moistening and consequent warming occurred in simulations with prescribed June–September (JJAS) rainfall increases of 25% over historical values, a level of increase commensurate with projected future rainfall increases. There was a strong sensitivity of the moistening responses to t...