Table 1 Differences between forested (F) and adjacent non-forested (NF) for the three pine sites and one oak site in radiation budget and carbon stock.

From: Large variations in afforestation-related climate cooling and warming effects across short distances

 

AI (#)

P (mm yr−1)

Rg (W m−2)

Ta min-max (C°)

ΔSWnet (W m−2)

ΔLWnet (W m−2)

ΔNEP (gC m−2 yr−1)

‘Break even time’

SW forcing (years)

LW forcing (years)

Total (years)

Dry-Subhumid

0.64

770

235

5–27

19.8

7.5

460

31

12

43

Semi-arid

0.37

480

228

11–30

28.2

3.4

310

65

8

73

Arid

0.18

280

242

6–28

29.4

18.3

160

132

81

213

Oak-forest

0.4

580

223

9–29

9.8

17.6

142

42

89

131

  1. aridity index (AI), annual sums of precipitation (P, mm yr−1), annual means of global radiation (Rg in W m−2), annual minimum and annual maximum air temperature (Ta min-max in °C), annual means of changes (Δ = F−NF) in shortwave and longwave net radiation (ΔSWnet and ΔLWnet in W m−2), and changes in average annual sum (15 y) of net ecosystem productivity (NEP in gC m−2 yr−1). The last three columns present the years needed to balance between the warming effect due to SW and LW forcing by the cooling effect of carbon stock change (‘Break even time’ in years) according to Eq. 7.
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