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Publikationstyp: Beitrag in wissenschaftlicher Zeitschrift
Art der Begutachtung: Peer review (Publikation)
Titel: FORests and HYdrology under climate change in Switzerland v1.0 : a spatially distributed model combining hydrology and forest dynamics
Autor/-in: Speich, Matthias J.R.
Zappa, Massimiliano
Scherstjanoi, Marc
Lischke, Heike
et. al: No
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-13-537-2020
10.21256/zhaw-26190
Erschienen in: Geoscientific Model Development
Band(Heft): 13
Heft: 2
Seite(n): 537
Seiten bis: 564
Erscheinungsdatum: 2020
Verlag / Hrsg. Institution: Copernicus
ISSN: 1991-9603
1991-959X
Sprache: Englisch
Schlagwörter: Climate Change; Model; Forest; Hydrology; Switzerland
Fachgebiet (DDC): 551: Geologie und Hydrologie
Zusammenfassung: We present FORHYCS (FORests and HYdrology under Climate Change in Switzerland), a distributed ecohydrological model to assess the impact of climate change on water resources and forest dynamics. FORHYCS is based on the coupling of the hydrological model PREVAH and the forest landscape model TreeMig. In a coupled simulation, both original models are executed simultaneously and exchange information through shared variables. The simulated canopy structure is summarized by the leaf area index (LAI), which affects local water balance calculations. On the other hand, an annual drought index is obtained from daily simulated potential and actual transpiration. This drought index affects tree growth and mortality, as well as a species-specific tree height limitation. The effective rooting depth is simulated as a function of climate, soil, and simulated above-ground vegetation structure. Other interface variables include stomatal resistance and leaf phenology. Case study simulations with the model were performed in the Navizence catchment in the Swiss Central Alps, with a sharp elevational gradient and climatic conditions ranging from dry inner-alpine to high alpine. In a first experiment, the model was run for 500 years with different configurations. The results were compared against observations of vegetation properties from national forest inventories, remotely sensed LAI, and high-resolution canopy height maps from stereo aerial images. Two new metrics are proposed for a quantitative comparison of observed and simulated canopy structure. In a second experiment, the model was run for 130 years under climate change scenarios using both idealized temperature and precipitation change and meteorological forcing from downscaled GCM-RCM model chains. The first experiment showed that model configuration greatly influences simulated vegetation structure. In particular, simulations where height limitation was dependent on environmental stress showed a much better fit to canopy height observations. Spatial patterns of simulated LAI were more realistic than for uncoupled simulations of the forest landscape model, although some model deficiencies are still evident. Under idealized climate change scenarios, the effect of the coupling varied regionally, with the greatest effects on simulated streamflow (up to 60 mm yr−1 difference with respect to a simulation with static vegetation parameters) seen at the valley bottom and in regions currently above the treeline. This case study shows the importance of coupling hydrology and vegetation dynamics to simulate the impact of climate change on ecosystems. Nevertheless, it also highlights some challenges of ecohydrological modeling, such as the need to realistically simulate the plant response to increased CO2 concentrations and process uncertainty regarding future land cover changes.
URI: https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/26190
Volltext Version: Publizierte Version
Lizenz (gemäss Verlagsvertrag): CC BY 4.0: Namensnennung 4.0 International
Departement: School of Engineering
Organisationseinheit: Institut für Nachhaltige Entwicklung (INE)
Enthalten in den Sammlungen:Publikationen School of Engineering

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Speich, M. J. R., Zappa, M., Scherstjanoi, M., & Lischke, H. (2020). FORests and HYdrology under climate change in Switzerland v1.0 : a spatially distributed model combining hydrology and forest dynamics. Geoscientific Model Development, 13(2), 537–564. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-537-2020
Speich, M.J.R. et al. (2020) ‘FORests and HYdrology under climate change in Switzerland v1.0 : a spatially distributed model combining hydrology and forest dynamics’, Geoscientific Model Development, 13(2), pp. 537–564. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-537-2020.
M. J. R. Speich, M. Zappa, M. Scherstjanoi, and H. Lischke, “FORests and HYdrology under climate change in Switzerland v1.0 : a spatially distributed model combining hydrology and forest dynamics,” Geoscientific Model Development, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 537–564, 2020, doi: 10.5194/gmd-13-537-2020.
SPEICH, Matthias J.R., Massimiliano ZAPPA, Marc SCHERSTJANOI und Heike LISCHKE, 2020. FORests and HYdrology under climate change in Switzerland v1.0 : a spatially distributed model combining hydrology and forest dynamics. Geoscientific Model Development. 2020. Bd. 13, Nr. 2, S. 537–564. DOI 10.5194/gmd-13-537-2020
Speich, Matthias J.R., Massimiliano Zappa, Marc Scherstjanoi, and Heike Lischke. 2020. “FORests and HYdrology under Climate Change in Switzerland V1.0 : A Spatially Distributed Model Combining Hydrology and Forest Dynamics.” Geoscientific Model Development 13 (2): 537–64. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-537-2020.
Speich, Matthias J. R., et al. “FORests and HYdrology under Climate Change in Switzerland V1.0 : A Spatially Distributed Model Combining Hydrology and Forest Dynamics.” Geoscientific Model Development, vol. 13, no. 2, 2020, pp. 537–64, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-537-2020.


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