Self-beneficial effects of vegetation on climate in an Ocean-Atmosphere General Circulation Model

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1457-1460

  Betts, Richard A ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; GEOPHYSICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); VEGETATION; EARTH (PLANET); ECOSYSTEMS;

TERRESTRIAL VEGETATION;

CLIMATOLOGY; CLIMATE MODELS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; VEGETATION;

BENEFICIAL EFFECTS; CLIMATE SIMULATION; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; OCEAN ATMOSPHERE GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; REDUCING TEMPERATURE; TERRESTRIAL VEGETATION; VEGETATION BIOMASS; VEGETATION MODEL;

EID: 0033562195     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900283     Document Type: Article

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