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Afforestation in China cools local land surface temperature
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Significance: China has the largest afforested area in the world. Afforestation not only contributes to increased carbon storage but also alters local albedo and turbulent energy fluxes, which offers feedback on the local and regional climate. This study presents previously unidentified observational evidence of the effect of large-scale afforestation on land surface temperature (LST) in China. Afforestation decreases daytime LST, because of enhanced evapotranspiration, and increases nighttime LST. This nighttime warming tends to offset daytime cooling in dry regions. These results suggest it is necessary to carefully consider where to plant trees to achieve potential climatic benefits in future afforestation projects.
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- Peng, S.-S., Piao, S., Zeng, Z., Ciais, P., Zhou, L., Li, L. Z. X., Myneni, R. B., Yin, Y., & Zeng, H.
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- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
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- 2014-02-10
- Volume
- 111
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 2915-2919
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- 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
- 1091-6490
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- W2136674707
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- 800
- References
- 2
- FWCI
- 24.69
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
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