Response of Simulated Surface Air Temperature to the Interannual Variability of Leaf Area Index in Eastern China

<table>The minimum (negative) anomalies of LAI from 2002 to 2009 (top panel), the differences of simulated surface air temperature (SAT) by DYC and FIX (DYC minus FIX; middle panel), and the grid cell-based spatial correlations between the LAI anomalies and SAT differences (bottom panel; the red straight line is the best fitting line and the slope as unit of 0.01°C per 1% LAI; the stars represent the confidence level higher than 99.9%) for spring (left panel), summer (middle panel), and autumn (right panel).</table>

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Figure 6: Response of Simulated Surface Air Temperature to the Interannual Variability of Leaf Area Index in Eastern China 