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Can no-till farming help mitigate heat waves?
Edouard Davin1, Philippe Ciais2, Albert Olioso3, Sonia Seneviratne1
1 ETH Zurich, Switzerland 2 IPSL–LSCE, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
3 INRA, Avignon, France
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No-till farming
Planting system in which tillage is suppressed or reduced and in which a large fraction of the soil remains covered by crop residues
Reduces erosion, water losses and limits weed growth Carbon sequestration potential (Smith et al., IPCC WGIII, 2007)
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Source: www.notill.org
Motivations
Biogeophysical impacts (e.g., albedo) of no-till agriculture largely overlooked (Lobell et al., 2006)
Large potential for expansion of no-till agriculture in Europe
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Model experiments
COSMO-CLM RCM coupled to Community Land Model (CLM3.5) ERA40-driven runs over Europe for 1980-2005 (1986-2005 analysed) CTL: control run; NOTILL: 100% no-till scenario, with empirically
prescribed albedo increase (~ +0.1) over croplands.
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Crop distribution (%)
Observational constraints
~0.1 increase in albedo under no-till conditions Comparable to the 50% (relative) increase of soil albedo assumed by
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Wheat field, Avignon (FR)
No-till
Summer mean change (NOTILL–CTL)
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Albedo change 2-meter temperature change
Change in temperature distribution
Asymmetric effect: larger impact on warm extremes
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EasternEurope,crop>60%
TOA shortwave radiation change (NOTILL–CTL)
Radiative perturbation more pronounced for warm days associated with clear sky conditions
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Summermeanchange Changeforthe10%warmestdays
Mitigation potential
Cooling effect ~3-times larger during a heat wave day compared to a normal summer day
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EasternEurope,crop>60%
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Summer 2003
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France,crop>60%
Conclusions
No-till farming may have a cooling influence owing to albedo increase
Mitigation potential is larger for warm events, because clear sky conditions exacerbate the radiative perturbation
Up to 3-4 K temperature reduction during extremes like 2003 summer in France
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Caveats and future directions
Albedo effect of no-till is poorly constrained synthesis from multiple sites over Europe is in preparation
Albedo is not the only biogeophysical impact incorporate effect on soil evaporation
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