A land-atmosphere interaction theory for the tropical deforestation problem

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 857-872

  Zeng, Ning ^a,b   Neelin, J David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUDS; HYDROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SOLAR RADIATION; TROPICS;

DEFORESTATION; GROUND RADIATIVE FORCING; LAND-ATMOSPHERE INTERACTION THEORY;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; DEFORESTATION; RESPONSE ANALYSIS; TROPICAL FOREST;

EID: 0033102104     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1999)012<0857:alaitf>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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