Simulated impacts of historical land cover changes on global climate in northern winter

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 16, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 93-105

  Chase, T N ^a   Pielke Sr , R A ^a   Kittel, T G F ^b   Nemani, R R ^c   Running, S W ^c  

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

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; LAND COVER; WINTER;

EID: 0034069196     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003820050007     Document Type: Article

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