A vegetation-atmosphere interaction study for Amazonia deforestation using field data and a 'single column' model

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 122, Issue 531, 1996, Pages 567-594

  Da Rocha, Humberto R ^a,d   Nobre, Carlos A ^a   Bonatti, José P ^a   Wright, Ivan R ^b   Sellers, Piers J ^c  

^a Ctro Previsao do Tempo Estud C   (Brazil)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon rain forests; Convection; Deforestation; Evapotranspiration; Land surface processes; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; DEFORESTATION; LOCAL CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION; SURFACE ENERGY BALANCE; VEGETATION-ATMOPSHERE INTERACTION;

EID: 0029750470     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.53101     Document Type: Article

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