Effects of Atmospheric CO2 Concentration on Vegetation Transpiration over China

  • Jing TIAN
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  • Key Laboratory of Water Cycle and Related Land Surface Processes,Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100101,China
TIAN Jing (1979-), female, Fuxin City, Liaoning Province, Assistant professor. Research areas include remote sensing hydrology. E-mail: tianj.04b@igsnrr.ac.cn

Received date: 2021-04-06

  Revised date: 2021-05-22

  Online published: 2021-09-22

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the National Key Research and Development Program of China "Heterogeneity and dynamic distributions of global atmospheric CO2 concentration and its spatio-temporal relationships with surface temperature"(2016YFA0602501);The National Natural Science Foundation of China "Research on the coupled model of land surface water, heat and CO2 fluxes using remote sensing data"(42071327)

Abstract

In recent decades, a great increase of atmospheric CO2 concentration has ([CO2]) occurred due to fossil fuel combustion and industrialization, which has caused a series of ecological and environmental issues. One of the effects of the increase of [CO2] is on evapotranspiration (ET). ET is a component of surface energy balance and water balance, therefore, its change would influence the exchange between surface and atmosphere and water cycle directly. On the basis of a water-carbon coupled model named PML-V2 and the CMIP6 [CO2] datasets, this study estimated two sets of vegetation transpiration (Ec) from 2001 to 2014. One simulation is static: the constant [CO2] concentration in 2001 is fixed as input during the simulation from 2001 to 2014. The other was dynamic: time-varying [CO2] was used during the simulation from 2001 to 2014. By comparing the two sets of Ec, the effects of [CO2] on Ec were explored. The results showed that the reduction in Ec due to the increase of [CO2] was smallest in summer and is largest in winter. From 2001 to 2014, this reduction is 0~5%. The largest effect occurred in the eastern and in the central areas of China. For ecosystems of forest, wetland, cropland and shrubland/savanna, the reduction of Ec due to the increase of [CO2] is 15~20 mm/a till 2014. For grassland, the reduction is 5 mm/a. The sensitivity of the effects of the increase of [CO2] on Ec to arid index, precipitation and air temperature indicated that Ec was the most sensitive to [CO2] in the southeast of China.

Cite this article

Jing TIAN . Effects of Atmospheric CO2 Concentration on Vegetation Transpiration over China[J]. Advances in Earth Science, 2021 , 36(8) : 826 -835 . DOI: 10.11867/j.issn.1001-8166.2021.078

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