Carbon storage versus albedo change: Radiative forcing of forest expansion in temperate mountainous regions of Switzerland

Biogeosciences

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 467-487

  Schwaab, J ^a,e   Bavay, M ^a   Davin, E ^d   Hagedorn, F ^b   Husler F ^c   Lehning, M ^a,f   Schneebeli, M ^a   Thurig E ^b   Bebi, P ^a  

^a WSL INSTITUTE FOR SNOW AND AVALANCHE RESEARCH SLF   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

^e ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^f EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; ALBEDO; CARBON CYCLE; GLOBAL CHANGE; MOUNTAIN REGION; RADIATIVE FORCING; RANGE EXPANSION;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84921713838     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-12-467-2015     Document Type: Article

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