Deforestation – Climate –Atmospheric composition – Fire interactions and feedbacks

Project Information

DECAF

Grant agreement ID: 771492

DOI

10.3030/771492

Project closed

EC signature date 18 December 2017

Start date 1 March 2018

End date 31 December 2024

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 1 965 623,00

EU contribution

€ 1 965 623,00

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS
United Kingdom

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Deliverables

Open Research Data Pilot (1)

Open Access

Open Data Plan including Open Access

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (24)

Robust Amazon precipitation projections in climate models that capture realistic land–atmosphere interactions

Author(s): Baker, JCA; Garcia-Carreras, L; Buermann, W; Castilho de Souza, D; Marsham, JH; Kubota, PY; Gloor, M; Coelho, CAS; Spracklen, DV
Published in: Baker , J C A , Garcia-Carreras , L , Buermann , W , Souza , D C D , Marsham , J H , Kubota , P Y , Gloor , M , Coelho , C A S & Spracklen , D V 2021 , ' Robust Amazon precipitation projections in climate models that capture realistic land–atmosphere interactions ' , Environmental Research Letters , vol. 16 , no. 7 , 074002 . https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abfb2e, Issue 7, 2021, ISSN 1748-9326
Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/abfb2e

Overland flow velocity and soil properties in established semi‐natural woodland and wood pasture in an upland catchment

Author(s): Felicity Monger, Stephanie Bond, Dominick V Spracklen, Mike J Kirkby
Published in: Hydrological Processes, Issue 36, 2023, ISSN 0885-6087
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.14567

Divergent Representation of Precipitation Recycling in the Amazon and the Congo in CMIP6 Models

Author(s): J. C. A. Baker; D. V. Spracklen
Published in: Crossref, Issue 2, 2022, ISSN 0094-8276
Publisher: American Geophysical Union
DOI: 10.1029/2021gl095136

The contribution of emission sources to the future air pollution disease burden in China

Author(s): Luke Conibear; Carly L Reddington; Ben J Silver; Stephen R Arnold; Steven T Turnock; Zbigniew Klimont; Dominick V Spracklen
Published in: Environmental Research Letters, Vol 17, Iss 6, p 064027 (2022), Issue 2, 2022, ISSN 1748-9326
Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ac6f6f

Decline of Late Spring and Summer Snow Cover in the Scottish Highlands from 1984 to 2022: A Landsat Time Series

Author(s): Benedict D. Spracklen; Dominick V. Spracklen
Published in: Remote Sensing, Vol 15, Iss 7, p 1944 (2023), Issue 3, 2023, ISSN 2072-4292
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/rs15071944

Evapotranspiration in the Amazon: spatial patterns, seasonality, and recent trends in observations, reanalysis, and climate models

Author(s): Baker, JCA; Garcia-Carreras, L; Gloor, M; Marsham, JH; Buermann, W; da Rocha, HR; Nobre, AD; Carioca de Araujo, A; Spracklen, DV
Published in: instacron:USP, Issue 6, 2021, ISSN 1607-7938
Publisher: Na
DOI: 10.5194/hess-2020-523

Amazon deforestation causes strong regional warming

Author(s): Edward W. Butt, Jessica C. A. Baker, Francisco G. Silva Bezerra, Celso von Randow, Ana P. D. Aguiar, Dominick V. Spracklen
Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Issue 120, 2023, ISSN 0027-8424
Publisher: National Academy of Sciences
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2309123120

Agriculture is the main driver of deforestation in Tanzania

Author(s): Nike Doggart, Theron Morgan-Brown, Emmanuel Lyimo, Boniface Mbilinyi, Charles K Meshack, Susannah M Sallu, Dominick V Spracklen
Published in: Environmental Research Letters, Issue 15/3, 2020, Page(s) 034028, ISSN 1748-9326
Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ab6b35

Investigating the impact of woodland placement and percentage cover on flood peaks in an upland catchment using spatially distributed <scp>TOPMODEL</scp>

Author(s): F. Monger; D. V. Spracklen; M. J. Kirkby; T. Willis
Published in: Crossref, Issue 2, 2024, ISSN 1753-318X
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing
DOI: 10.1111/jfr3.12977

Agricultural fallows are the main driver of natural forest regeneration in Tanzania

Author(s): Nike Doggart; Wilson Ancelm Mugasha; Aloyce Mpiri; Theron Morgan-Brown; Susannah M Sallu; Dominick V Spracklen
Published in: Environmental Research Letters, Vol 18, Iss 5, p 054008 (2023), Issue 9, 2023, ISSN 1748-9326
Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/accbd6

Observed and simulated local climate responses to tropical deforestation

Author(s): Callum Smith, Eddy Robertson, Robin Chadwick, Douglas I Kelley, Arthur P K Argles, Caio A S Coelho, Dayana C de Souza, Paulo Y Kubota, Isabela L Talamoni, Dominick V Spracklen, Jessica C A Baker
Published in: Environmental Research Letters, Issue 18, 2023, Page(s) 104004, ISSN 1748-9326
Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/acf0da

Large air quality and human health impacts due to Amazon forest and vegetation fires

Author(s): Edward W Butt, Luke Conibear, Carly L Reddington, Eoghan Darbyshire, William T Morgan, Hugh Coe, Paulo Artaxo, Joel Brito, Christoph Knote, Dominick V Spracklen
Published in: Environmental Research Communications, Issue 2/9, 2020, Page(s) 095001, ISSN 2515-7620
Publisher: IOP
DOI: 10.1088/2515-7620/abb0db

Assessing the representation of South American monsoon features in Brazil and U.K. climate model simulations

Author(s): Caio A. S. Coelho; Dayana Castilho de Souza; Paulo Yoshio Kubota; Iracema F. A. Cavalcanti; Jessica C. A. Baker; Silvio Nilo Figueroa; Mári A. F. Firpo; Bruno S. Guimarães; Simone M. S. Costa; Layrson de Jesus Menezes Gonçalves; José Paulo Bonatti; Gilvan Sampaio; Nicholas P. Klingaman; Amulya Chevuturi; Martin B. Andrews
Published in: 2692-4587, Issue 2, 2021, ISSN 2692-4587
Publisher: RMS
DOI: 10.1002/cli2.27

The influence of energy policy on charcoal consumption in urban households in Tanzania

Author(s): Nike Doggart, Remidius Ruhinduka, Charles K. Meshack, Romanus C. Ishengoma, Theron Morgan-Brown, Jumanne M. Abdallah, Dominick V. Spracklen, Susannah M. Sallu
Published in: Energy for Sustainable Development, Issue 57, 2020, Page(s) 200-213, ISSN 0973-0826
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.esd.2020.06.002

Implications of tropical cyclones on damage and potential recovery and restoration of logged forests in Vietnam

Author(s): S. M. Stas; B. D. Spracklen; P. D. Willetts; T. C. Le; H. D. Tran; T. T. Le; D. T. Ngo; A. V. Le; H. T. Le; E. Rutishauser; J. Schwendike; J. H. Marsham; M. van Kuijk; E. K. K. Jew; O. L. Phillips; D. V. Spracklen
Published in: Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, Issue 4, 2022, ISSN 0962-8436
Publisher: Royal Society of London
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2021.0081

Determination of Structural Characteristics of Old-Growth Forest in Ukraine Using Spaceborne LiDAR

Author(s): Spracklen, B; Spracklen, DV
Published in: Volume 13, Issue 1, 2021, ISSN 2072-4292
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/rs13071233

The potential for REDD+ to reduce forest degradation in Vietnam

Author(s): D T Ngo, A V Le, H T Le, S M Stas, T C Le, H D Tran, T Pham, T T Le, B D Spracklen, C Langan, R Cuthbert, W Buermann, O L Phillips, E K K Jew, D V Spracklen
Published in: Environmental Research Letters, Issue 15/7, 2020, Page(s) 074025, ISSN 1748-9326
Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ab905a

Large Air Quality and Public Health Impacts due to Amazonian Deforestation Fires in 2019.

Author(s): Butt, EW; Conibear, L; Knote, C; Spracklen, DV
Published in: GeoHealth, Issue 6, 2021, ISSN 2471-1403
Publisher: AGU
DOI: 10.1029/2021gh000429

Achieving Brazil's Deforestation Target Will Reduce Fire and Deliver Air Quality and Public Health Benefits

Author(s): Edward W. Butt; Luke Conibear; Callum Smith; Jessica C. A. Baker; Richard Rigby; Christoph Knote; Dominick V. Spracklen
Published in: Earth's Future, Vol 10, Iss 12, Pp n/a-n/a (2022), Issue 19, 2022, ISSN 2328-4277
Publisher: AGU
DOI: 10.1029/2022ef003048

Tropical deforestation causes large reductions in observed precipitation

Author(s): C. Smith, J. C. A. Baker, D. V. Spracklen
Published in: Nature, Issue 615, 2023, Page(s) 270-275, ISSN 0028-0836
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-05690-1

Assessment of peatland burning in Scotland during 1985–2022 using Landsat imagery

Author(s): B. D. Spracklen; D. V. Spracklen
Published in: Ecological Solutions and Evidence, Vol 4, Iss 4, Pp n/a-n/a (2023), Issue 6, 2024, ISSN 2688-8319
Publisher: BES
DOI: 10.1002/2688-8319.12296

Synergistic Use of Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 to Map Natural Forest and Acacia Plantation and Stand Ages in North-Central Vietnam

Author(s): Ben Spracklen, Dominick V. Spracklen
Published in: Remote Sensing, Issue 13/2, 2021, Page(s) 185, ISSN 2072-4292
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/rs13020185

An Assessment of Land–Atmosphere Interactions over South America Using Satellites, Reanalysis, and Two Global Climate Models

Author(s): Jessica C. A. Baker, Dayana Castilho de Souza, Paulo Y. Kubota, Wolfgang Buermann, Caio A. S. Coelho, Martin B. Andrews, Manuel Gloor, Luis Garcia-Carreras, Silvio N. Figueroa, Dominick V. Spracklen
Published in: Journal of Hydrometeorology, Issue 22/4, 2021, Page(s) 905-922, ISSN 1525-755X
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
DOI: 10.1175/jhm-d-20-0132.1

The carbon sequestration potential of Scottish native woodland

Author(s): Tasmin I Fletcher; Catherine E. Scott; Jeanette Hall; Dominick V. Spracklen
Published in: Environ. Res. Comms., Issue 7, 2021, ISSN 2515-7620
Publisher: IOP
DOI: 10.1088/2515-7620/abf467