Potential biophysical effects of vegetation cover change

Changing the vegetation cover of the Earth has impacts on the biophysical properties of the surface and ultimately on the local climate. Depending on the specific type of vegetation change and on the background climate, the resulting competing biophysical processes can have a net warming or cooling effect, which can further vary both spatially and seasonally. This dataset provides such estimations of potential local changes of the surface energy balance for multiple vegetation transitions derived from satellite remote sensing products.

改变地球的植被覆盖会影响地表的生物物理特性，并最终影响局部气候。根据植被变化的具体类型和背景气候，由此产生的相互竞争的生物物理过程可能产生净增温或降温效应，这种效应在空间和季节上还会进一步变化。本数据集提供了基于卫星遥感产品的多种植被转换下，地表能量平衡潜在局部变化的此类估算结果。