Biogeophysical impacts of peatland forestation on regional climate  changes in Finland

Gao, Y.; Markkanen, T.; Backman, L.; Henttonen, H. M.; Pietikäinen, J.-P.; Mäkelä, H. M.; Laaksonen, A.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-7251-2014

Articles | Volume 11, issue 24

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-7251-2014

© Author(s) 2014. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-7251-2014

© Author(s) 2014. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 11, issue 24

Research article

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17 Dec 2014

Research article |

| 17 Dec 2014

Biogeophysical impacts of peatland forestation on regional climate changes in Finland

Y. Gao, T. Markkanen, L. Backman, H. M. Henttonen, J.-P. Pietikäinen, H. M. Mäkelä, and A. Laaksonen

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC C4600: 'Referee comments', Anonymous Referee #1, 25 Aug 2014
- AC C6277: 'Response to Anonymous Referee #1', Yao Gao, 29 Oct 2014
RC C4689: 'Interactive Referee comments', Anonymous Referee #2, 27 Aug 2014
- AC C6285: 'Response to Anonymous Referee #2', Yao Gao, 29 Oct 2014
RC C4962: 'Referee comments', Anonymous Referee #3, 05 Sep 2014
- AC C6295: 'Response to Anonymous Referee #3', Yao Gao, 29 Oct 2014

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AR by Yao Gao on behalf of the Authors (10 Nov 2014) Author's response

ED: Publish as is (12 Nov 2014) by Paul Stoy

AR by Yao Gao on behalf of the Authors (12 Nov 2014)

Short summary

This work studies the biogeophysical impacts of peatland forestation on regional climate conditions in Finland by a regional climate model with two land cover maps produced from Finnish national forest inventories. A warming in spring and a slight cooling in the growing season are found in peatland forestation area, which are mainly induced by the decreased surface albedo and increased ET, respectively. The snow clearance days are advanced. The results are also compared with observational data.