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Article: Strong cooling induced by stand-replacing fires through albedo in Siberian larch forests
Title | Strong cooling induced by stand-replacing fires through albedo in Siberian larch forests |
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Issue Date | 2018 |
Citation | Scientific Reports, 2018, v. 8, n. 1, article no. 4821 How to Cite? |
Abstract | The Siberian larch forests, taking up about a fifth of the global boreal biome, are different from the North American boreal forests in that they generally do not undergo a secondary succession. While wildfires in the boreal forests in North America have been shown to exert a cooling effect on the climate system through a sharp increase in surface albedo associated with canopy removal and species composition change during succession, the magnitude of the surface forcing resulting from fire-induced albedo change and its longevity in Siberia have not been previously quantified. Here we show that in contrast to previous expectations, stand-replacing fires exert a strong cooling effect similar in magnitude to that in North America. This cooling effect is attributable to the increase in surface albedo during snow-on periods. However, the observed earlier snowmelt in the region, and subsequently a longer snow-free season, has resulted in a warming effect which has the potential to offset the fire-induced cooling. The net albedo-induced forcing of the Siberian larch forests in the future would hinge on the interaction between the fire-induced cooling effect and the climate-induced warming effect, both of which will be impacted by the expected further warming in the region. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/321782 |
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dc.contributor.author | Chen, Dong | - |
dc.contributor.author | Loboda, Tatiana V. | - |
dc.contributor.author | He, Tao | - |
dc.contributor.author | Zhang, Yi | - |
dc.contributor.author | Liang, Shunlin | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-11-03T02:21:24Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2022-11-03T02:21:24Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2018 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Scientific Reports, 2018, v. 8, n. 1, article no. 4821 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/321782 | - |
dc.description.abstract | The Siberian larch forests, taking up about a fifth of the global boreal biome, are different from the North American boreal forests in that they generally do not undergo a secondary succession. While wildfires in the boreal forests in North America have been shown to exert a cooling effect on the climate system through a sharp increase in surface albedo associated with canopy removal and species composition change during succession, the magnitude of the surface forcing resulting from fire-induced albedo change and its longevity in Siberia have not been previously quantified. Here we show that in contrast to previous expectations, stand-replacing fires exert a strong cooling effect similar in magnitude to that in North America. This cooling effect is attributable to the increase in surface albedo during snow-on periods. However, the observed earlier snowmelt in the region, and subsequently a longer snow-free season, has resulted in a warming effect which has the potential to offset the fire-induced cooling. The net albedo-induced forcing of the Siberian larch forests in the future would hinge on the interaction between the fire-induced cooling effect and the climate-induced warming effect, both of which will be impacted by the expected further warming in the region. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Scientific Reports | - |
dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | - |
dc.title | Strong cooling induced by stand-replacing fires through albedo in Siberian larch forests | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1038/s41598-018-23253-1 | - |
dc.identifier.pmid | 29555985 | - |
dc.identifier.pmcid | PMC5859174 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85044220218 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 8 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 1 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | article no. 4821 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | article no. 4821 | - |
dc.identifier.eissn | 2045-2322 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000427688100014 | - |