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DOI | 10.1029/2020GL090789 |
Impacts of large‐scale Sahara solar farms on global climate and vegetation cover | |
Zhengyao Lu; Qiong Zhang; Paul A. Miller; Qiang Zhang; Ellen Berntell; Benjamin Smith | |
2020-12-11 | |
发表期刊 | Geophysical Research Letters
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出版年 | 2020 |
英文摘要 | Large‐scale photovoltaic solar farms envisioned over the Sahara Desert can meet the world's energy demand while increasing regional rainfall and vegetation cover. However, adverse remote effects resulting from atmospheric teleconnections could offset such regional benefits. We use state‐of‐the‐art Earth system model simulations to evaluate the global impacts of Sahara solar farms. Our results indicate a redistribution of precipitation causing Amazon droughts and forest degradation, and global surface temperature rise and sea‐ice loss, particularly over the Arctic due to increased polarward heat transport, and northward expansion of deciduous forests in the Northern Hemisphere. We also identify reduced El Niño‐Southern Oscillation and Atlantic Niño variability and enhanced tropical cyclone activity. Comparison to proxy inferences for a wetter and greener Sahara ∼6,000 years ago appear to substantiate these results. Understanding these responses within the Earth system provides insights into the site selection concerning any massive deployment of solar energy in the world's deserts. |
领域 | 气候变化 |
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/308193 |
专题 | 气候变化 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Zhengyao Lu,Qiong Zhang,Paul A. Miller,等. Impacts of large‐scale Sahara solar farms on global climate and vegetation cover[J]. Geophysical Research Letters,2020. |
APA | Zhengyao Lu,Qiong Zhang,Paul A. Miller,Qiang Zhang,Ellen Berntell,&Benjamin Smith.(2020).Impacts of large‐scale Sahara solar farms on global climate and vegetation cover.Geophysical Research Letters. |
MLA | Zhengyao Lu,et al."Impacts of large‐scale Sahara solar farms on global climate and vegetation cover".Geophysical Research Letters (2020). |
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