Figure 3
From: Committed changes in tropical tree cover under the projected 21st century climate change
Spatial distribution of multi-year average tree cover fraction during the early 21st century (2000–2009) across the tropics (35°S–15°N).
(a), The maximum potential tree cover fraction (MPTC) estimated using present-day climate conditions from CRU datasets. (b), The tree cover fraction derived from MODIS satellite measurements. (c), The multi-model mean tree cover fraction averaged over four DGVMs (i.e., HYL, LPJ, ORC and TRI) under SRES A2. (d), The difference between MPTC and MODIS-derived tree cover fraction across the tropics. Maps were generated using Matlab (http://www.mathworks.co.uk/products/matlab/).
