Deforestation intensifies daily temperature variability in the northern extratropics.

ABSTRACT: While the biogeophysical effects of deforestation on average and extreme temperatures are broadly documented, how deforestation influences temperature variability remains largely unknown. To fill this knowledge gap, we investigate the biogeophysical effects of idealized deforestation on daily temperature variability at the global scale based on multiple earth system models and in situ observations. Here, we show that deforestation can intensify daily temperature variability (by up to 20%) in the northern extratropics, particularly in winter, leading to more frequent rapid extreme warming and cooling events. The higher temperature variability can be attributed to the enhanced near-surface horizontal temperature advection and simultaneously is partly offset by the lower variability in surfac

SUBMITTER: Ge J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9550804 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature