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Effects of Land Cover Change on the Energy and Water Balance of the Mississippi River Basin

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2003

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Twine, Tracy E., Kucharik, Christopher J., and Foley, Jonathan A., 2003, Effects of Land Cover Change on the Energy and Water Balance of the Mississippi River Basin: Journal of Hydrometeorology, v. 5, p. 640-655.

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The effects of land cover change on the energy and water balance of the Mississippi River basin are analyzed using the Integrated Biosphere Simulator (IBIS) model. Results of a simulated conversion from complete forest cover to crop cover over a single model grid cell show that annual average net radiation and evapotranspiration decrease, while total runoff increases. The opposite effects are found when complete grass cover is replaced with crop cover. Basinwide energy and water balance changes are then analyzed after simulated land cover change from potential vegetation to the current cover (natural vegetation and crops). In general, net radiation decreases over crops converted from forest and increases over crops converted from grasslands. [...]

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  • National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers
  • Northeast CASC

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