Climatic Effects of Amazonian Deforestation: Some Results from ABRACOS

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 823-830

  Gash, J H C ^a   Nobre, C A ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b Centro de Previsão de Tempo e Clima   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE IMPACT; DEFORESTATION;

BRAZIL, AMAZONIA;

EID: 0031399751     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1997)078<0823:CEOADS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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