The effect of Amazonian deforestation on the northern hemisphere circulation and climate

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 19, 2000, Pages 3053-3056

  Gedney, Nicola ^a   Valdes, Paul J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ECOLOGY; DEFORESTATION; RAIN; WAVE PROPAGATION;

DEFORESTATION; ECOLOGICAL CHANGE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PLANETARY WAVE PROPAGATION;

GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; CLIMATE MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEFORESTATION;

SOUTH AMERICA;

CIRCULATION CHANGES; ECOLOGICAL CHANGES; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; LARGE-SCALE CIRCULATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; POSSIBLE MECHANISMS; TROPICAL DEFORESTATION;

EID: 0033625905     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000GL011794     Document Type: Article

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