Fig. 4: Biome-climatic interaction on cropland-induced biophysical contribution on annual daily mean land surface temperature change (ΔTs,bio).
From: Biophysical effects of croplands on land surface temperature
Mean ΔTs,bio (left axis) under different climate zones for a croplands surrounded by all biomes, b croplands surrounded by tree-dominated biomes, c croplands surrounded by grass-dominated biomes, d croplands surrounded by shrubs/barren-dominated biomes. Climate zones are defined based on annual mean air temperature (MAT) and annual total precipitation (ATP). The MAT thresholds for cool, warm, and hot zones are 10 °C and 20 °C, and the ATP thresholds for dry, humid, and wet zones are 500 mm and 1500 mm. The first bar of each panel indicates the mean ΔTs,bio under all climates. The mean difference of leaf area index between croplands and reference natural biomes (ΔLAI) is shown in the green bars with reversed y-axis (right axis). The error bars indicate the 95% confidence interval over spatial aggregation.
