In the last decade, the Climate Limited-area Modeling Community (CLM-Community) has
contributed to the Coordinated Regional Climate Downscaling Experiment (CORDEX) with …

Land-cover changes have a clear impact on local climates via biophysical effects. European
land cover has been affected by human activities for at least 6000 years, but possibly longer …

Abstract The Earth System Model Evaluation Tool (ESMValTool) is a community diagnostics
and performance metrics tool designed to improve comprehensive and routine evaluation of …

Land cover and land management change (LCLMC) has been highlighted for its critical role
in mitigation scenarios, both in terms of global mitigation and local adaptation. Yet, the …

The quantification of land–atmosphere coupling strength is still challenging, particularly in
the atmospheric segment of the local coupling process chain. This is in part caused by a lack …

Cities concentrate people, wealth, emissions, and infrastructure, thus representing a
challenge and an opportunity for climate change mitigation and adaptation. This urgently …

Anthropogenic land-use and land cover change (LULCC) is a major driver of environmental
changes. The biophysical impacts of these changes on the regional climate in Europe are …

Uncertainties in the evapotranspiration response to afforestation constitute a major source of
disagreement between model-based studies of the potential climate benefits of forests …

Deciduous forests are characterized by a higher albedo, a reduced stomatal resistance, and
a deeper root system in comparison to coniferous forests. As a consequence, less solar …

Land cover in sub-polar and alpine regions of northern and eastern Europe have already
begun changing due to natural and anthropogenic changes such as afforestation. This will …