On the stability of the atmosphere-vegetation system in the Sahara/Sahel region

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 103, Issue D24, 1998, Pages 31613-31624

  Brovkin, Victor ^a,b   Claussen, Martin ^a,c   Petoukhov, Vladimir ^a,b   Ganopolski, Andrey ^a  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b OBUKHOV INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; STABILITY ANALYSIS; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

AFRICA; SAHARA-SAHEL;

EID: 0001817514     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998JD200006     Document Type: Article

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