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Markku Rummukainen. Foto.

Markku Rummukainen

Professor

Markku Rummukainen. Foto.

A model of the coupled dynamics of climate, vegetation and terrestrial ecosystem biogeochemistry for regional applications

Författare

  • Benjamin Smith
  • Patrick Samuelsson
  • Anna Wramneby
  • Markku Rummukainen

Summary, in English

Regional climate models (RCMs) primarily represent physical components of the climate system, omitting vegetation dynamics, ecosystem biogeochemistry and their associated feedbacks. To account for such feedbacks, we implemented a novel plant individual-based vegetation dynamics-ecosystem biogeochemistry scheme within the RCA3 RCM. Variations in leaf area index (LAI) of seven plant functional type (PFTs) in response to physical forcing and evolving vegetation state feed back to climate via adjustments in surface energy fluxes and surface properties. In an ERA-40-driven simulation over Europe, the model reproduces the recent past climate with comparable accuracy to the standard RCM. Large-scale patterns of LAI, net primary production and vegetation composition were comparable with observations, although winter LAI was systematically overestimated compared to satellite estimates. Analysis of the ERA-40 simulation and an A1B climate-change simulation revealed considerable covariation among dynamic variables of the physical climate and vegetation. At a Mediterranean site, periodic soil water limitation led to fluctuations in leaf cover and a likely positive feedback to near-surface temperature. At an alpine site, rising temperatures led to forest advance onto tundra areas, reducing albedo and effecting a likely positive feedback on temperature. Climate-vegetation coupling was less pronounced but still apparent at intermediate temperate and boreal sites.

Avdelning/ar

  • Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap
  • MERGE: ModElling the Regional and Global Earth system
  • BECC: Biodiversity and Ecosystem services in a Changing Climate

Publiceringsår

2011

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

87-106

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Tellus. Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volym

63A

Avvikelse

1

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

Wiley-Blackwell

Ämne

  • Physical Geography

Aktiv

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 1600-0870