2010
DOI: 10.1002/eco.178
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A numerical study on hydrological impacts of forest restoration in the southern United States

Abstract: Landscape in the southern United States changed dramatically during the 1930s and the following decades when massive agricultural and abandoned logging lands were converted to forest lands through natural restoration and silviculture. The impacts of this forest restoration on hydrology were investigated in this study by conducting numerical experiments with a regional climate model. Climatic and hydrological conditions for the months of January and July during an 8-year period were simulated with prior and pos… Show more

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“…Therefore, planned afforestation efforts should be developed carefully by taking account of short-term (local) and long-term (remote) biophysical effects of afforestation. This emphasizes the importance to coordinate forest management effort in the afforested region and the surrounding areas, as suggested by Liu et al (2008). We note that the biochemical effect of afforestation over the SEUS on temperature is about 0.048C and small relative to the biophysical effect.…”
Section: Summary and Discussionmentioning
confidence: 86%
“…Therefore, planned afforestation efforts should be developed carefully by taking account of short-term (local) and long-term (remote) biophysical effects of afforestation. This emphasizes the importance to coordinate forest management effort in the afforested region and the surrounding areas, as suggested by Liu et al (2008). We note that the biochemical effect of afforestation over the SEUS on temperature is about 0.048C and small relative to the biophysical effect.…”
Section: Summary and Discussionmentioning
confidence: 86%
“…The hydrologic region has multiple river basins along the coast with a total area of 721,520 square kilometers of drainage that ultimately discharges into: (a) the Atlantic Ocean within and between the states of Virginia and Florida; (b) the Gulf of Mexico within and between the states of Florida and Louisiana; and (c) the associated waters [15]. The study region has experienced rapid land use/land cover change [16][17][18][19]. The details of the changes are elaborated in the next section (Results and Discussion).…”
Section: Study Regionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Forest restoration increased surface roughness and reduced the southerly winds. This caused a decrease in July precipitation (due to weaker moist transport), while causing reduced northerly winds resulting in an increase in January precipitation (due to weaker dry and cold airflows) [16]. Reduced regional farm and forest productivity may result from altered rainfall patterns and increased climate variability [24].…”
Section: Conceptual Map Of Selected Drivers Of Changes and Alterationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A lower albedo value means more solar energy available (higher net radiation) for sensible heat and latent heat, i.e., evapotranspiration. A comparison of albedo and net radiation measured for a mid-rotation (15-year-old) and young loblolly pine .1 A conceptual model describing the interactions of forests, climate, and streamflow at multiple scales (modified from Liu et al 2008Liu et al , 2010 forest shows that albedo and net ration fluctuate seasonal and change over time due to the climate variation and plant development resulting a decrease in albedo and an increase in net radiation ( Fig. 15.2) (Sun et al 2010).…”
Section: Albedomentioning
confidence: 99%