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BG2.4

Non-CO2 influences of land cover changes on climate
Co-Convener: V. Arora 
Oral Programme
 / Fri, 27 Apr, 13:30–15:00  / Room 24
Poster Programme
 / Attendance Fri, 27 Apr, 15:30–17:00  / Poster Area BG

Changes in land cover properties that accompany land use changes can impact climate. Changes in carbon stocks are used as a convenient proxy for these climate impacts, but changes in other land cover properties can also affect the climate in ways that can amplify or diminish the effect of carbon stock changes. This session will be open to presentations on changes in albedo, latent heat transfer and other mechanisms through which land cover changes affect climate at regional to global scales.