Local sources of global climate forcing from different categories of land use activities

Ward, D. S.; Mahowald, N. M.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-6-175-2015

Articles | Volume 6, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-6-175-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-6-175-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 6, issue 1

Research article

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15 Apr 2015

Research article |

| 15 Apr 2015

Local sources of global climate forcing from different categories of land use activities

D. S. Ward and N. M. Mahowald

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Final revised paper (published on 15 Apr 2015)
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RC C693: 'Review of esd-2014-68', Anonymous Referee #1, 20 Jan 2015
- AC C784: 'Responses to Anonymous Reviewer #1', Daniel Ward, 05 Mar 2015
RC C729: 'Review of Local sources of global climate forcing from different categories of land use activities', Anonymous Referee #2, 10 Feb 2015
- AC C800: 'Responses to Anonymous Reviewer #2', Daniel Ward, 05 Mar 2015

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AR by Daniel Ward on behalf of the Authors (05 Mar 2015) Author's response

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by Editor) (24 Mar 2015) by Axel Kleidon

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ED: Publish as is (26 Mar 2015) by Axel Kleidon

AR by Daniel Ward on behalf of the Authors (26 Mar 2015)

Short summary

The radiative forcing of land use and land cover change activities has recently been computed for a set of forcing agents including long-lived greenhouse gases, short-lived agents (ozone and aerosols), and land surface albedo change. Here we address where the global forcing comes from and what land use activities, such as deforestation or agriculture, contribute the most forcing. We find that changes in forest and crop area can be used to predict the land use radiative forcing in some regions.