Collaborative Research: Seasonal and Geographical Impact of Land-Use on Climate Change

该项目将扩展现有工作，以调查土地使用对气候变化的影响。人类活动导致气候变化的两个最重要的方式是温室气体的增加，即通常所说的全球变暖，以及城市化、工业和农业导致的土地利用变化。到目前为止，土地利用变化的影响仅被认为是对地表温度趋势的微小修正，以考虑城市化。该项目将尝试通过使用欧洲中期天气预报中心的模型再分析产品来验证这一方法，如果成功，将在社会引起的土地利用变化对地球气候的影响领域作出重要贡献。

This project will extend existing work to investigate the impact of land use on climate change. Two of the most important ways in which anthropogenic activity can produce climate changes are the increase of greenhouse gases, commonly referred to as global warming, and changes in land use due to urbanization, industry, and agriculture. To date, the impact of land-use changes has been considered only as a small correction to surface temperature trends to account for urbanization. The project will attempt to validate this methodology by using model reanalysis products from the European Center for Medium-range Weather Forecasts, and if successful, will provide an important contribution in the area of societally-induced changes in land use impacts on the Earth's climate.