22 May 2017 - Ben Smith (Lund University) - Do we need to account for ecology to model climate change? from lpj Watch Video
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⏲ Duration: 33 min 25 sec ✓ Published: 24-May-2017
Description: Terrestrial ecosystems are part of the climate system. Climate-induced changes in vegetation composition, structure, distribution and greenhouse gas exchange feed back to the atmosphere from local to global scales. Current regional and global climate models account for instantaneous biophysical responses of land surface energy and water vapour exchange with the atmosphere. Emerging Earth system models also represent longer-term responses mediated by physiological processes and ecological interac