How does the location of the rainforest effects its climate?

Question

How does the location of the rainforest effects its climate?

Answer 1

I believe that the following opinions and facts are relevant to your q.

1 - The de-icing of Kilimanjaro is strongly believed to be due to deforestation reducing local water vapor, with change in air currents from the Indian ocean contributing.

2 - Temperature change from day to night shows little variation over tropical rainforests, contrasted with deserts that show high variance. Regardless of "well mixed" co2 levels.

3 - Deforestation in S.America is strongly associated with instigating and amplifying drought in the region.

4 - Humans are responsible for (alarmist estimate) 50% of the co2 being added to the air. That is a humungous 0.005% of the air. Water vapor by its second to second variability in volume in combination with its other states overwhelms any co2 effect so co2 production by forests is irrelevant in that they produce so much vapor.

5 - The cumulative knock-on effects of tropical deforestation are likely to be at the very least a significant factor in global climate.

6 - Forest environments are cooler because the canopy reduces the solar radiation reaching the ground and transpiration cools too.

7 - Tropical rainforest has greater significance due to the angle of sunlight being near vertical year round, therefore higher humidity, compared to higher latitude forest receiving less sunlight. Higher latitude forest has a smaller effect on climate.

Note deforestation is very likely much less than media, Mongabay and studies would have you believe.

http://www.fao.org/docrep/w7126e/w7126e0...

Answer 2

ummm, Usually tropical areas and areas with Mountain Ranges that force the rain from the sky, Washington State and Alaska have Rain forests they are not in Tropical areas

Answer 3

Actually, the climate effects the location of rainforests.  Rainforests lay in hotter, more humid regions.  The rainforest does not cause that climate, but that climate creates a rainforest.