Moss-biocrusts strongly decrease soil surface albedo, altering land-surface energy balance in a dryland ecosystem

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• albedo 68%
• bare soil 24%
• biological processes 7%
• climate effect 7%
• comparison 3%
• cooling 5%
• ecosystem 42%
• energy 3%
• energy balance 69%
• global climate 6%
• human activity 5%
• land cover 5%
• land surface 62%
• land use 4%
• moisture 10%
• moss 76%
• radiation 15%
• roughness 12%
• soil 9%
• soil moisture 5%
• soil surface 63%
• soil temperature 21%
• solar radiation 6%
• summer 4%
• surface energy 75%
• surface temperature 5%
• temperature 5%
• trend 3%
• weather 9%

Engineering & Materials Science

• Color 5%
• Cooling 5%
• Ecosystems 77%
• Energy absorption 8%
• Energy balance 75%
• Interfacial energy 88%
• Land use 9%
• Moisture 20%
• Radiation 18%
• Soils 56%
• Solar radiation 8%
• Sun 8%
• Surface roughness 13%
• Temperature 15%
• Thermodynamic properties 7%

Chemical Compounds

• Cooling 7%
• Ecosystem 86%
• Energy 3%
• Energy Balance 100%
• Modification 4%
• Soil 60%
• Solar Radiation 10%
• Surface 22%
• Time 2%