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- Title
Effects of Land Use and Land Cover Change on Temperature in Summer over the Yellow River Basin, China.
- Authors
Ru, Xutong; Song, Hongquan; Xia, Haoming; Zhai, Shiyan; Wang, Yaobin; Min, Ruiqi; Zhang, Haopeng; Qiao, Longxin
- Abstract
As the main driving force of global climate change, land use and land cover change (LUCC) can affect the surface energy balance and the interaction between the surface and atmosphere. This effect will cause further surface temperature changes. The Yellow River Basin is an important ecological security barrier in China. Therefore, exploring the impact of its LUCC on temperature changes can provide certain help for future land-use planning in the Yellow River Basin. Here, we conducted two numerical simulation experiments (Case2015 and Case1995) by using the weather research and forecasting (WRF) model to quantify the effect of LUCC in the Yellow River Basin on the summer 2 m air temperature (T2 m). The results showed that LUCC led to an overall warming trend in T2 m in the Yellow River Basin. Urban expansion caused T2 m to rise by approximately 0.3 °C to 0.6 °C. A warming effect was also identified in the areas where farmland and bare areas were converted to grassland, with T2 m increasing by around 0.4 °C.
- Subjects
CHINA; LAND cover; WATERSHEDS; LAND use; CLIMATE change; METEOROLOGICAL research; SUMMER
- Publication
Remote Sensing, 2022, Vol 14, Issue 17, p4352
- ISSN
2072-4292
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/rs14174352