Impacts of tropical deforestation. Part II: The role of large-scale dynamics

Journal of Climate

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2498-2521

  Zhang, H ^a   McGuffie, K ^b   Henderson Sellers, A ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE IMPACT; DEFORESTATION; NCAR CCM1; ROSSBY WAVE; TROPICS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0030404879     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1996)009<2498:IOTDPI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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