Large-scale vegetation feedbacks on a doubled CO2 climate

Journal of Climate

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1313-1325

  Levis, Samuel ^a   Foley, Jonathan A ^b   Pollard, David ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOISTURE; SOILS; VEGETATION;

CLIMATE VEGETATION MODEL; HYDROLOGIC CYCLE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SOIL MOISTURE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; CLIMATE MODELING; VEGETATION COVER;

EID: 0034174274     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2000)013<1313:LSVFOA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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