The role of clouds in the surface energy balance over the Amazon forest

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 18, Issue 14, 1998, Pages 1575-1591

  Eltahir, Elfatih A B ^a   Humphries Jr , E James ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon forest; Cloud feedbacks; Deforestation; Surface energy balance

Indexed keywords

CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; DEFORESTATION; ENERGY BUDGET;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0032583288     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(19981130)18:14<1575::AID-JOC316>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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