Combined effects of deforestation and doubled atmospheric CO2 concentrations on the climate of Amazonia

Journal of Climate

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 18-34

  Costa, Marcos Heil ^a   Foley, Jonathan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC ACOUSTICS; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); TROPICS;

DEFORESTATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS (GCM);

CLIMATOLOGY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; DEFORESTATION;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0034031566     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2000)013<0018:CEODAD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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