Potential impacts on Colorado Rocky Mountain weather due to land use changes on the adjacent Great Plains

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 104, Issue D14, 1999, Pages 16673-16690

  Chase, Thomas N ^a   Pielke Sr , Roger A ^a   Kittel, Timothy G F ^b,d   Baron, Jill S ^c,d   Stohlgren, Thomas J ^c,d  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE FORCING; LAND USE; MOUNTAIN REGION; REGIONAL CLIMATE;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033436307     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JD900118     Document Type: Article

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