Nature Communications (Jan 2017)

Observational evidence for cloud cover enhancement over western European forests

  • Adriaan J. Teuling,
  • Christopher M. Taylor,
  • Jan Fokke Meirink,
  • Lieke A. Melsen,
  • Diego G. Miralles,
  • Chiel C. van Heerwaarden,
  • Robert Vautard,
  • Annemiek I. Stegehuis,
  • Gert-Jan Nabuurs,
  • Jordi Vilà-Guerau de Arellano

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14065
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Forests impact continental-scale moisture recycling, but their impact on regional-scale cloud cover is little known. Here, using satellite observations, Teulinget al. illustrate enhanced cloud cover over regional forested areas in western Europe due to the establishment of a forest-breeze circulation.