Climate change projections of terrestrial primary productivity over the Hindu Kush Himalayan forests

Usman, Halima; Pugh, Thomas A. M.; Ahlström, Anders; Baig, Sofia

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-12-857-2021

Articles | Volume 12, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-12-857-2021

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https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-12-857-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 3

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16 Aug 2021

Research article |

| 16 Aug 2021

Climate change projections of terrestrial primary productivity over the Hindu Kush Himalayan forests

Halima Usman, Thomas A. M. Pugh, Anders Ahlström, and Sofia Baig

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RC1: 'Review of Usman et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 30 Dec 2020
- AC2: 'Reply on RC1', Sofia Baig, 19 Mar 2021
RC2: 'Review Usman et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 05 Jan 2021
- AC1: 'Reply on RC2', Sofia Baig, 19 Mar 2021

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The study assesses the impacts of climate change on forest productivity in the Hindu Kush Himalayan region. LPJ-GUESS was simulated from 1851 to 2100. In first approach, the model was compared with observational estimates. The comparison showed a moderate agreement. In the second approach, the model was assessed for the temporal and spatial trends of net biome productivity and its components along with carbon pool. Increases in both variables were predicted in 2100.