Contrasting impacts of forests on cloud cover based on satellite observations

Ru Xu; Yan Li; Adriaan J. Teuling; Lei Zhao; Dominick V. Spracklen; Luis Garcia-Carreras; Ronny Meier; Liang Chen; Youtong Zheng; Huiqing Lin; Bojie Fu

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-28161-7

Nature Communications (Feb 2022)

Contrasting impacts of forests on cloud cover based on satellite observations

Ru Xu,
Yan Li,
Adriaan J. Teuling,
Lei Zhao,
Dominick V. Spracklen,
Luis Garcia-Carreras,
Ronny Meier,
Liang Chen,
Youtong Zheng,
Huiqing Lin,
Bojie Fu

Affiliations

Ru Xu: State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resources Ecology, Beijing Normal University
Yan Li: State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resources Ecology, Beijing Normal University
Adriaan J. Teuling: Hydrology and Quantitative Water Management Group, Wageningen University and Research
Lei Zhao: Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Dominick V. Spracklen: School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds
Luis Garcia-Carreras: Centre for Atmospheric Science, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Manchester
Ronny Meier: Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich
Liang Chen: Climate and Atmospheric Sciences Section, Illinois State Water Survey, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Youtong Zheng: Program in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Princeton University
Huiqing Lin: State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resources Ecology, Beijing Normal University
Bojie Fu: State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resources Ecology, Beijing Normal University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28161-7
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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How forests influence cloud cover in different regions is not well understood. Here, the authors use satellite data to show that forests enhance clouds over most temperate and boreal forests but inhibited clouds over forests of Amazon, Central Africa, and Southeast US relative to nonforest areas.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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