DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2015.08.010
论文题名: Evolution and current state of our understanding of the role played in the climate system by land surface processes in semi-arid regions
作者: Nicholson S.E.
刊名: Global and Planetary Change
ISSN: 0921-8181
出版年: 2015
卷: 133 起始页码: 201
结束页码: 222
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Catastrophic shifts
; Convection
; Land surface processes
; Land-atmosphere interaction
; Mineral dust
; Patch dynamics
; Plant water relationships
; Sahel
; Self-organization
; Semi-arid regions
; Soil moisture
; Surface hydrological processes
Scopus关键词: Arid regions
; Balloons
; Climate change
; Climatology
; Feedback
; Groundwater
; Heat convection
; Soil moisture
; Surface measurement
; Vegetation
; Catastrophic shifts
; Hydrological process
; Land atmosphere interaction
; Land-surface process
; Mineral dust
; Patch dynamics
; Plant water
; Sahel
; Self organizations
; Semi-arid region
; Climate models
英文摘要: The role of the land surface in climate and weather has been a major research focus since the 1970s. Since that time our understanding of the issue has greatly changed and many new themes in several disciplines are being considered. This article summarizes the changes in our understanding that have taken place in research on this topic and reviews principally papers that have appeared in the last two decades. Several other papers provide comprehensive reviews of literature that appeared prior to that time. The major changes that have occurred include 1) more sophisticated and rigorous analysis of desertification, 2) increased emphasis on hydrological processes, including the role of groundwater, 3) use of multi-model ensembles and regional models, 4) the emergence of the domain of ecohydrology, with emphasis on detailed feedbacks between water availability and vegetation, 5) examination of the hypothesis that vegetation feedback can produce abrupt climate change, 6) emphasis on the impacts on convective or synoptic-scale systems, and 7) consideration of the impact of aerosols, including the Saharan Air Layer. With the exception of desertification, each of these topics is reviewed. © 2015. URL: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84941116600&doi=10.1016%2fj.gloplacha.2015.08.010&partnerID=40&md5=abab2614df010e9242d65753bf0775f3
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资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/11488
Appears in Collections: 全球变化的国际研究计划 气候变化与战略
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作者单位: Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United States
Recommended Citation:
Nicholson S.E.. Evolution and current state of our understanding of the role played in the climate system by land surface processes in semi-arid regions[J]. Global and Planetary Change,2015-01-01,133.