Land surface-induced regional climate change in southern Israel

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1470-1485

  De Ridder, Koen ^a,b   Gallée, Hubert ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^c Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; LAND USE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

ISRAEL;

EID: 0032994801     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1998)037<1470:LSIRCC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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