edu.ucar.opensky::articles:25300 UCAR/NCAR - Library OpenSky Support PO Box 3000 Boulder CO 80307-3000 opensky@ucar.edu http://opensky.ucar.edu/ homepage pointOfContact 2025-12-24T22:46:44.736431 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) https://n2t.org/ark:/85065/d7kp85sq https://doi.org/10.5067/TRMM/TMPA/MONTH/7 https Related Dataset #1 TRMM (TMPA/3B43) Rainfall Estimate L3 1 month 0.25 degree x 0.25 degree V7 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6326365 https Related Dataset #2 Data supporting figures of deforestation_carbon_biophysics https://doi.org/10.5676/DWD_GPCC/FD_M_V7_100 https Related Dataset #3 GPCC Full Data Reanalysis Version 7.0 at 1.0°: Monthly Land-Surface Precipitation from Rain-Gauges built on GTS-based and Historic Data https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6323730 https Related Software #1 Code supporting deforestation_carbon_biophysics Deforestation-induced climate change reduces carbon storage in remaining tropical forests 2022-04-12T00:00:00Z publication https://n2t.org/ark:/85065/d7kp85sq https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29601-0 Li, Y. author Brando, P. M. author Morton, D. C. author Lawrence, David M. author Yang, H. author Randerson, J. T. author UCAR/NCAR - Library publisher Biophysical effects from deforestation have the potential to amplify carbon losses but are often neglected in carbon accounting systems. Here we use both Earth system model simulations and satellite–derived estimates of aboveground biomass to assess losses of vegetation carbon caused by the influence of tropical deforestation on regional climate across different continents. In the Amazon, warming and drying arising from deforestation result in an additional 5.1 ± 3.7% loss of aboveground biomass. Biophysical effects also amplify carbon losses in the Congo (3.8 ± 2.5%) but do not lead to significant additional carbon losses in tropical Asia due to its high levels of annual mean precipitation. These findings indicate that tropical forests may be undervalued in carbon accounting systems that neglect climate feedbacks from surface biophysical changes and that the positive carbon–climate feedback from deforestation-driven climate change is higher than the feedback originating from fossil fuel emissions. UCAR/NCAR - Library OpenSky Support PO Box 3000 Boulder CO 80307-3000 opensky@ucar.edu http://opensky.ucar.edu/ homepage pointOfContact PDF Text theme Resource Type 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z publication Copyright author(s). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. None eng geoscientificInformation