Nothing Special   »   [go: up one dir, main page]

Skip to main content
Log in

Combining LPJ-GUESS and HASM to simulate the spatial distribution of forest vegetation carbon stock in China

  • Published:
Journal of Geographical Sciences Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

It is very important in accurately estimating the forests’ carbon stock and spatial distribution in the regional scale because they possess a great rate in the carbon stock of the terrestrial ecosystem. Yet the current estimation of forest carbon stock in the regional scale mainly depends on the forest inventory data, and the whole process consumes too much labor, money and time. And meanwhile it has many negative influences on the forest carbon storage updating. In order to figure out these problems, this paper, based on High Accuracy Surface Modeling (HASM), proposes a forest vegetation carbon storage simulation method. This new method employs the output of LPJ-GUESS model as initial values of HASM and uses the inventory data as sample points of HASM to simulate the distribution of forest carbon storage in China. This study also adopts the seventh forest resources statistics of China as the data source to generate sample points, and it also works as the simulation accuracy test. The HASM simulation shows that the total forest carbon storage of China is 9.2405 Pg, while the calculated value based on forest resources statistics are 7.8115 Pg. The forest resources statistics is taken based on a forest canopy closure, and the result of HASM is much more suitable to the real forest carbon storage. The simulation result also indicates that the southwestern mountain region and the northeastern forests are the important forest carbon reservoirs in China, and they account for 39.82% and 20.46% of the country’s total forest vegetation carbon stock respectively. Compared with the former value (1975-1995), it manifests that the carbon storage of the two regions do increase clearly. The results of this research show that the large-scale reforestation in the last decades in China attains a significant carbon sink.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Subscribe and save

Springer+ Basic
$34.99 /Month
  • Get 10 units per month
  • Download Article/Chapter or eBook
  • 1 Unit = 1 Article or 1 Chapter
  • Cancel anytime
Subscribe now

Buy Now

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  • Alexeyev V, Birdsey R, Stakanov V et al., 1995. Carbon in vegetation of Russian forest: Methods to estimate storage and geographical distribution. Water, Air and Soil Pollution, 82: 271–282.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Bonan G B, Levis S, 2006. Evaluating aspects of the community land and atmosphere models (CLM3 and CAM3) using a dynamic global vegetation model. Journal of Climate, 19(11): 2290–2301.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Department of Forest Resources Management of National Forestry Bureau (DFRMNFB), 2010. Forest Resources Statistics of China. Beijing: Department of Forest Resources Management of National Forestry Bureau. (in Chinese)

    Google Scholar 

  • Detwiler R P, Hall C S, 1988. Tropical forests and the global carbon cycle. Science, 239: 42–47.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Doherty R M, Sitch S, Smith B et al., 2010. Implications of future climate and atmospheric CO2 content for regional biogeochemistry, biogeography and ecosystem services across East Africa. Global Change Biology, 16(2): 617–640.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Fang J Y, Chen A P, Peng C H et al., 2001. Changes in forest biomass carbon storage in China between 1949 and 1998. Science, 292: 2320–2322.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Fang J Y, Liu G H, Xu S L, 1993. Storage, distribution and transfer of the biogenic carbon in China. The 1st IGAC Conference, Eilat, Israel.

    Google Scholar 

  • Fang J Y, Wang G G, Liu G H et al., 1998. Forest biomass of China: An estimation based on the biomass-volume relationship. Ecological Applications, 8: 1084–1091.

    Google Scholar 

  • Houghton R A, 1995. Land-use change and the carbon cycle. Global Change Biology, 1: 275–287.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Kogan F N, Zhu X, 2001. Evolution of long-term errors in NDVI time series: 1985–1999. Advances in Space Research, 28(1): 149–153.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Kramer P J, 1981. Carbon dioxide concentration, photosynthesis, and dry matter production. BioScience, 31: 29–33.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Li H K, Lei Y C, 2012. Estimation and Evaluation of Forest Biomass Carbon Storage in China. Beijing: China Forest Publishing House. (in Chinese)

    Google Scholar 

  • Li H K, Lei Y C, Zeng W S, 2011. Forest carbon storage in China estimated using forestry inventory data. Scientia Silvae Sinicae, 47(7): 7–12. (in Chinese)

    Google Scholar 

  • Liu S N, Zhou T, Shu Y et al., 2012. The estimating of the spatial distribution of forest biomass in China based on remote sensing and downscale techniques. Acta Ecologica Sinica, 32(8): 2320–2330. (in Chinese)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Morales P, Sykes M T, Prentice I C et al., 2005. Computing and evaluating process-based ecosystem model predictions of carbon and water fluxes in major European forest biomes. Global Change Biology, 11(12): 2211–2233.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Olson J S, Watts J A, Allison L J, 1983. Carbon in live vegetation of major world ecosystems. Report ORNL-5862. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tenn., 15–25.

    Google Scholar 

  • Piao S L, Fang J Y, Zhu B et al., 2005. Forest biomass carbon stocks in China over the past 2 decades: Estimation based on integrated inventory and satellite data. Journal of Geophysical Research, 110: G01006.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Post W M, Emanuel W R, Zinke P J et al., 1982. Soil pools and world life zones. Nature, 298: 156–159.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Shi W J, Liu J Y, Song Y J et al., 2009. Surface modeling of soil pH. Geoderma, 150(1/2): 113–119.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Sitch S, Huntingford C, Gedney N et al., 2008. Evaluation of the terrestrial carbon cycle, future plant geography and climate-carbon cycle feedbacks using five Dynamic Global Vegetation Models (DGVMs). Global Change Biology, 14(9): 2015–2039.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Sitch S, Smith B, Prentice I C, 2003. Evaluation of ecosystem dynamics, plant geography and terrestrial carbon cycling in the LPJ dynamic global vegetation model. Global Change Biology, 9: 161–185.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Trishchenko A P, Josef Cihlar, Li Zhanqing, 2002. Effects of spectral response function on surface reflectance and NDVI measured with moderate resolution satellite sensors. Remote Sensing Environment, 81(1): 1–18.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Turner D P, Koepper G J, Harmon M E et al., 1995. A carbon budget for forests of the conterminous United States. Ecological Applications, 5: 421–436.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Wang C L, Yue T X, Fan Z M et al., 2012. HASM-based climatic downscaling model over China. Journal of Geo-Information Science, 14(5): 599–610. (in Chinese)

    Google Scholar 

  • Wang X K, Feng Z W, Ouyang Z Y, 2001. Vegetation carbon storage and density of forest ecosystems in China. Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology, 12(1): 13–16. (in Chinese)

    Google Scholar 

  • Waring R H, Schlesinger W H, 1985. Forest Ecosystems: Concepts and Management. Inc. Orlando, FL, USA: Academic Press, 313–335.

    Google Scholar 

  • Woodwell G M, Whittaker R H, Reiners W A et al., 1978. The biota and the world carbon budget. Science, 199: 141–146.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Xing Y Q, Wang L H, 2007. Compatible biomass estimation models of natural forests in Changbai Mountains based on forest inventory. Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology, 18(1): 1–8. (in Chinese)

    Google Scholar 

  • Yue T X, Du Z P, Song D J et al., 2007. A new method of surface modeling and its application to DEM construction. Geomorphology, 91(1/2): 161–172.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Zeng W S, Luo Q B, He D B, 1999. Study on compatible nonlinear tree biomass models. Chinese Journal of Ecology, 18(4): 19–24. (in Chinese)

    Google Scholar 

  • Zhao M, Zhou G S, 2004. Carbon storage of forest vegetation and its relationship with climatic factors. Scientia Geographica Sinica, 24(1): 50–54. (in Chinese)

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Tianxiang Yue.

Additional information

Foundation: National High-tech R&D Program of the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China, No.2013AA122003; National Key Technologies R&D Program of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China, No.2013BACO3B05

Author: Zhao Mingwei, PhD Candidate, specialized in ecological modeling and system simulation.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Zhao, M., Yue, T., Zhao, N. et al. Combining LPJ-GUESS and HASM to simulate the spatial distribution of forest vegetation carbon stock in China. J. Geogr. Sci. 24, 249–268 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11442-014-1086-2

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11442-014-1086-2

Keywords

Navigation