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Radiative forcing of climate by historical land cover change
Author(s) -
Matthews H. Damon,
Weaver Andrew J.,
Eby Michael,
Meissner Katrin J.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/2002gl016098
Subject(s) - radiative forcing , land cover , forcing (mathematics) , environmental science , climatology , climate model , climate change , vegetation (pathology) , atmospheric sciences , land use , range (aeronautics) , geology , ecology , oceanography , medicine , materials science , pathology , composite material , biology
The radiative effect of changing human land‐use patterns on the climate of the past 300 years is discussed through analysis of a series of equilibrium and transient climate simulations using the UVic Earth System Climate Model. Land‐surface changes are prescribed through varying land cover type, representing the replacement of natural vegetation by human agricultural systems from 1700 to 1992. All land cover simulations show a cooling in the range of 0.09 to 0.22°C with larger regional changes caused by local positive feedbacks.