SEASONAL CHANGES OF SOIL MOISTURE INDUCED BY INCREASED CO2 AS SIMULATED BY THE ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION AND MIXED LAYER OCEAN MODEL

(整期优先)网络出版时间:1992-02-12
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Theatmosphericgeneralcirculationmodelcoupledtothemixedlayeroceanmodelhasbeenusedtosimulatethechangesoftheglobalsoilmoisture.Comparingthesimulatedresultswithobservations,itisshownthatthemodelisca-pableofdoingsensitiveexperimentsaboutthecarbondioxidechange.The2×CO2/1×CO2comparisonshowsthattherearetheobviouschangesofthesoilmoistureintheglobalforfourseasons.Therearethewetsoilmoistureinthelowerlatitudesofbothhemispheresanddrysoilmoistureinthemid-dlelatitudesofbothhemispheresforfourseasons.Thedrysoilmoistureinsummerandwetinotherseasonsarefoundinthenorthernhigherlatitudes.TheanalysesofthephysicalfeedbacksresponsiblefortheCO2-inducedchangesofsoilmoistureshowthatthebud-getsofthesurfacewaterandheataretheimportantfactors.