The impact of observed deforestation on the mesoscale distribution of rainfall and clouds in Amazonia

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 267-286

  Wang, Jingfeng ^a,b   Bras, Rafael L ^a   Eltahir, Elfatih A B ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0034348348     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1525-7541(2000)001<0267:TIOODO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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