Land–atmosphere interactions in sub-polar and alpine climates in the CORDEX Flagship Pilot Study Land Use and Climate Across Scales (LUCAS) models – Part 2: The role of changing vegetation

Mooney, Priscilla A.; Rechid, Diana; Davin, Edouard L.; Katragkou, Eleni; de Noblet-Ducoudré, Natalie; Breil, Marcus; Cardoso, Rita M.; Daloz, Anne Sophie; Hoffmann, Peter; Lima, Daniela C. A.; Meier, Ronny; Soares, Pedro M. M.; Sofiadis, Giannis; Strada, Susanna; Strandberg, Gustav; Toelle, Merja H.; Lund, Marianne T.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-1383-2022

Articles | Volume 16, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-1383-2022

© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-1383-2022

© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 4

Research article

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20 Apr 2022

Research article |

| 20 Apr 2022

Land–atmosphere interactions in sub-polar and alpine climates in the CORDEX Flagship Pilot Study Land Use and Climate Across Scales (LUCAS) models – Part 2: The role of changing vegetation

Priscilla A. Mooney, Diana Rechid, Edouard L. Davin, Eleni Katragkou, Natalie de Noblet-Ducoudré, Marcus Breil, Rita M. Cardoso, Anne Sophie Daloz, Peter Hoffmann, Daniela C. A. Lima, Ronny Meier, Pedro M. M. Soares, Giannis Sofiadis, Susanna Strada, Gustav Strandberg, Merja H. Toelle, and Marianne T. Lund

Data sets

COSMO-CLM regional climate simulations in the Coordinated Regional Climate Downscaling Experiment (CORDEX) framework: a review (https://www.dwd.de/EN/ourservices/cosmo_documentation/cosmo_documentation.html) S. L. Sørland, R. Brogli, P. K. Pothapakula, E. Russo, J. Van de Walle, B. Ahrens, I. Anders, E. Bucchignani, E. L. Davin, M.-E. Demory, A. Dosio, H. Feldmann, B. Früh, B. Geyer, K. Keuler, D. Lee, D. Li, N. P. M. van Lipzig, S.-K. Min, H.-J. Panitz, B. Rockel, C. Schär, C. Steger, and W. Thiery https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-5125-2021

CDO User Guide (1.9.8) U. Schulzweida https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3539275

The ERA-Interim reanalysis: configuration and performance of the data assimilation system (https://www.ecmwf.int/en/forecasts/datasets/reanalysis-datasets/era-interim) D. P. Dee, S. M. Uppala, A. J. Simmons, P. Berrisford, P. Poli, S. Kobayashi, U. Andrae, M. A. Balmaseda, G. Balsamo, P. Bauer, P. Bechtold, A. C. M. Beljaars, L. van de Berg, J. Bidlot, N. Bormann, C. Delsol, R. Dragani, M. Fuentes, A. J. Geer, L. Haimberger, S. B. Healy, H. Hersbach, E. V. Hólm, L. Isaksen, P. Kållberg, M. Köhler, M. Matricardi, A. P. McNally, B. M. Monge-Sanz, J.-J. Morcrette, B.-K. Park, C. Peubey, P. de Rosnay, C. Tavolato, J.-N. Th\'{e}paut, and F. Vitart https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.828

COSMO Model Licence COSMO http://www.cosmo-model.org/content/consortium/licencing.htm

ictp-esp/RegCM: Paper Release (4.7.1) F. Giorgi, F. Solmon, X. Bi, E. Coppola, G. Giuliani, U. Turunçoğlu, I. Güttler, L. Mariotti, N. Rita, T. A. O’Brien, A. Tawfik, N. Elguindi, S. Piani, J. Pal, G. T. Diro, and A. Shalaby https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4603556

Short summary

We use multiple regional climate models to show that afforestation in sub-polar and alpine regions reduces the radiative impact of snow albedo on the atmosphere, reduces snow cover, and delays the start of the snowmelt season. This is important for local communities that are highly reliant on snowpack for water resources and winter tourism. However, models disagree on the amount of change particularly when snow is melting. This shows that more research is needed on snow–vegetation interactions.