Title :
Simulated Distribution and Sensitivity of Vegetation Types in China in the Past 100 Years and Future
Author :
Xu, Chen ; Yaping, Zhang
Author_Institution :
Comput. & Inf. Sci. Dept., Southwest Forestry Univ., Kunming, China
Abstract :
What is the relationship between vegetation patterns and climate changes in China? The geographic distribution of vegetation types in China in the past 100 years and future was simulated based on climatology using a small set of plant functional types (PFTs) embedded in the biogeochemistry biogeography model BIOME4. Results show that as time goes by, vegetation sensitivity to climate change is a increasing trend with kappa coefficient and crucial changes occur in last 20 years. In the future climate scenario, the change of vegetation increases significantly, and increased CO2 concentration would potentially lead to big changes in China vegetation systems. But the vegetation sensitivity to climate change has heterogeneity because of the complex topography in China.
Keywords :
atmospheric boundary layer; atmospheric chemistry; atmospheric composition; biochemistry; carbon compounds; climatology; topography (Earth); vegetation; BIOME4 model; CO2; China; PFT; atmospheric carbon concentration; biogeochemistry; biogeography; climatology; geographic distribution; kappa coefficient; plant functional types; topography; vegetation type; Application software; Atmospheric modeling; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Distributed computing; Ecosystems; Information science; Predictive models; Temperature; Vegetation; BIOME4 model; Climate change; Vegetation pattern;
Conference_Titel :
Environmental Science and Information Application Technology, 2009. ESIAT 2009. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Wuhan
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3682-8
DOI :
10.1109/ESIAT.2009.95
