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Effect of nitrogen limitation and soil biophysics on Holocene greening of the Sahara
Jooyeop Lee
Ecosystem–Atmosphere Process Laboratory, Department of Atmospheric
Sciences, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)
Martin Claussen
Max-Planck-Institut für Meteorologie, Hamburg, Germany
Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability (CEN),
Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Jeongwon Kim
Ecosystem–Atmosphere Process Laboratory, Department of Atmospheric
Sciences, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)
Je-Woo Hong
Korea Adaptation Center for Climate Change, Korea Environment
Institute, Sejong, Korea (Republic of)
In-Sun Song
Mathematical Atmospheric Physics Lab, Department of Atmospheric
Sciences, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)
Ecosystem–Atmosphere Process Laboratory, Department of Atmospheric
Sciences, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)
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Short summary
It is still a challenge to simulate the so–called Green Sahara (GS), which was a wet and vegetative Sahara region in the mid–Holocene, using current climate models. Our analysis shows that Holocene greening is simulated better if the amount of soil nitrogen and soil texture is properly modified for the humid and vegetative GS period. Future climate simulation needs to consider consequent changes in soil nitrogen and texture with changes in vegetation cover for proper climate simulations.
It is still a challenge to simulate the so–called Green Sahara (GS), which was a wet and...
