Geography Reference
In-Depth Information
Chapter 8
Concluding Remarks on Improved Data,
Upgraded Models and Case Studies
R. B. Singh, Chenchen Shi and Xiangzheng Deng
This chapter explores the advancement in data, models, and application for
observing and estimating land use impacts on surface climate, and points out
further research needs and priorities, which will provide some references for
related studies. The reclassification of time series land cover data can meet the
accuracy requirement of climate simulation and can be used as the parameters of
dynamical downscaling in regional climate simulation, which enhances the data
processing and laid a good foundation for Land Use and Cover Change (LUCC)
simulation.
There have been tremendous changes of global land use pattern in the past
50 years, which has enormous influence on global climate change. Quantitative
analysis for the impacts of LUCC on surface climate is one of the core scientific
issues to understand the influence of human activities on global climate. For
instance, the diverse roles of LUCC on precipitation have been documented and
sustained rapid land conversions make human-induced disturbances of climate
system continue and become even more significant (Pielke et al.
2007
). The review
paper of Deng et al. (
2013a
), comprehensively analyzed the primary scientific
issues about the impacts of LUCC on regional climate and systematically reviewed
the progress in relevant researches. In this chapter, we summarize the major
