The capacity of forests to protect regional climate under global warming

该项目计划对森林增加水分再循环的能力有新的认识，从而加强云和降水过程，并对陆地表面产生冷却影响。森林砍伐和气候变化是全球面临的主要挑战。森林在碳循环中的作用是公认的。对它们在能源和水循环中的作用以及它们调节区域气候的能力的关注较少。该项目计划应用一种创新的土地利用-气候情景模型，量化全球变暖下森林砍伐和植树造林对澳大利亚北部和东南亚气候的影响。它还计划评估恢复森林抵消区域气候变化的能力，为区域土地利用规划以及减缓和适应气候变化提供信息。

The project plans to develop a new understanding of the capacity of forests to increase moisture recycling, which enhances cloud and precipitation processes and exerts a cooling influence on the land surface. Deforestation and climate change are major global challenges. The role of forests in the carbon cycle is well recognised. Less attention is given to their role in the energy and water cycles, and their capacity to regulate regional climate. The project plans to apply an innovative land use-climate scenario modelling to quantify the impacts of deforestation and afforestation on the climate of northern Australia and south-east Asia under global warming. It also plans to evaluate the capacity of restoring forests to offset regional climate change, to inform regional land use planning and climate mitigation and adaptation.