Snow depth and the associated offset in ground temperatures in a landscape manipulated with snow-fences
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Snow depth and the associated offset in ground temperatures in a landscape manipulated with snow-fences. / Liu, Yijing; Hansen, Birger U.; Elberling, Bo; Westergaard-Nielsen, Andreas.
I: Geoderma, Bind 438, 116632, 2023.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Snow depth and the associated offset in ground temperatures in a landscape manipulated with snow-fences
AU - Liu, Yijing
AU - Hansen, Birger U.
AU - Elberling, Bo
AU - Westergaard-Nielsen, Andreas
N1 - CENPERMOA[2023] Publisher Copyright: © 2023 The Author(s)
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Seasonal snow cover has an important impact on the difference between soil- and air temperature because of the insulation effect, and is therefore a key parameter in ecosystem models. However, it is still uncertain how specific variations in soil moisture, vegetation composition, and surface air warming, combined with snow dynamics such as compaction affect the difference between soil- and air temperature. Here, we present an analysis of 8 years (2012–2020) of snow dynamics in an Arctic ecosystem manipulation experiment (using snow fences) on Disko Island, West Greenland. We explore the snow insulation effect under different treatments (mesic tundra heath as a dry site and fen area as a wet site, snow addition from snow fences, warming using open top chambers, and shrub removal) on a plot-level scale. The snow fences significantly changed the inter-annual variation in snow depths and -phenology. The maximum annual mean snow depths were 90 cm on the control side and 122 cm on the snow addition side during all study years. Annual mean snow cover duration across 8 years was 234 days on the control side and 239 days on the snow addition side. The difference between soil- and air temperature was significantly higher on the snow addition side than on the control side of the snow fences. Based on a linear mixed-effects model, we conclude that the snow depth was the decisive factor affecting the difference between soil- and air temperature in the snow cover season (p < 0.0001). The change rate of the difference between soil- and air temperature, as a function of snow depth, was slower during the period before maximum snow depth than during the period between the day with maximum snow depth until snow ending day. During the snow-free season, the effects of the open top chambers were stronger than the effects of the shrub removal, and the combination of both contributed to the highest soil temperature in the dry site, but the warming effect of open top chambers was limited and shrub removal warmed soil temperature in the wet site. The warming effects of open top chambers and shrub removal were weakened on the snow addition side, which indicates a lagged effect of snow on soil temperature. This study quantifies important dynamics in soil-air temperature offsets linked to both snow and ecosystem changes mimicking climate change and provides a reference for future surface process simulations.
AB - Seasonal snow cover has an important impact on the difference between soil- and air temperature because of the insulation effect, and is therefore a key parameter in ecosystem models. However, it is still uncertain how specific variations in soil moisture, vegetation composition, and surface air warming, combined with snow dynamics such as compaction affect the difference between soil- and air temperature. Here, we present an analysis of 8 years (2012–2020) of snow dynamics in an Arctic ecosystem manipulation experiment (using snow fences) on Disko Island, West Greenland. We explore the snow insulation effect under different treatments (mesic tundra heath as a dry site and fen area as a wet site, snow addition from snow fences, warming using open top chambers, and shrub removal) on a plot-level scale. The snow fences significantly changed the inter-annual variation in snow depths and -phenology. The maximum annual mean snow depths were 90 cm on the control side and 122 cm on the snow addition side during all study years. Annual mean snow cover duration across 8 years was 234 days on the control side and 239 days on the snow addition side. The difference between soil- and air temperature was significantly higher on the snow addition side than on the control side of the snow fences. Based on a linear mixed-effects model, we conclude that the snow depth was the decisive factor affecting the difference between soil- and air temperature in the snow cover season (p < 0.0001). The change rate of the difference between soil- and air temperature, as a function of snow depth, was slower during the period before maximum snow depth than during the period between the day with maximum snow depth until snow ending day. During the snow-free season, the effects of the open top chambers were stronger than the effects of the shrub removal, and the combination of both contributed to the highest soil temperature in the dry site, but the warming effect of open top chambers was limited and shrub removal warmed soil temperature in the wet site. The warming effects of open top chambers and shrub removal were weakened on the snow addition side, which indicates a lagged effect of snow on soil temperature. This study quantifies important dynamics in soil-air temperature offsets linked to both snow and ecosystem changes mimicking climate change and provides a reference for future surface process simulations.
KW - Shrub removal
KW - Snow fence
KW - Snow insulation effects
KW - Soil temperature
KW - Surface air warming
KW - Temperature offset
U2 - 10.1016/j.geoderma.2023.116632
DO - 10.1016/j.geoderma.2023.116632
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85169293626
VL - 438
JO - Geoderma
JF - Geoderma
SN - 0016-7061
M1 - 116632
ER -
ID: 370481717