Precipitation recycling

Reviews of Geophysics

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 367-378

  Eltahir, Elfatih A B ^a   Bras, Rafael L ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRECIPITATION RECYCLING; WATER CYCLE;

BRAZIL, AMAZON BASIN;

DEFORESTATION; RECYCLING;

ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; GENERAL FORMULAS; HYDROLOGIC PROCESS; NATURAL VARIABILITY; PRECIPITATION RECYCLING; QUANTITATIVE DESCRIPTION; TROPICAL DEFORESTATION; WATER VAPOR MOLECULES;

WATER RECYCLING;

EID: 0030436511     PISSN: 87551209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96RG01927     Document Type: Article

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