%0 journal article
%@ 1750-0680
%A Galos, B., Hagemann, S., Haensler, A., Kindermann, G., Rechid, D., Sieck, K., Teichmann, C., Jacob, D.

%D 2013
%J Carbon Balance and Management

%P 3 
%R doi:10.1186/1750-0680-8-3
%T Case study for the assessment of the biogeophysical effects of a potential afforestation in Europe
%U https://doi.org/10.1186/1750-0680-8-3
 
%X Large contiguous forest blocks can have distinctive biogeophysical effect on the climate on regional and local scale. In certain regions of the temperate zone, climate change signal due to greenhouse gas emission can be reduced by afforestation due to the dominant evaporative cooling effect during summer. Results of this case study with a hypothetical land cover change can contribute to the assessment of the role of forests in adapting to climate change. Thus they can build an important basis of the future forest policy.