Importance of vegetation feedbacks in doubled-CO2 climate experiments

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 105, Issue D11, 2000, Pages 14841-14861

  Douville, H ^a   Planton, S ^a   Royer, J F ^a   Stephenson, D B ^a   Tyteca, S ^a   Kergoat, L ^b,d   Lafont, S ^b,d   Betts, R A ^c  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^d CNRS LET   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; VEGETATION;

EID: 0033794654     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JD901086     Document Type: Article

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