The relative impact of observed change in land cover and carbon dioxide as simulated by a climate model

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1267-1270

  Pitman, Andrew J ^a   Zhao, Mei ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; LAND COVER;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE MODELS; GLOBAL WARMING; LAND USE; AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

AIR TEMPERATURE CHANGES; CHANGE IN LAND USE; COMMUNITY CLIMATE MODELS; EQUILIBRIUM SIMULATIONS; LAND-COVER CHANGE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; REGIONAL IMPACTS; REGIONAL PATTERN;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING;

COMMUNITY CLIMATE MODELS; LAND COVER;

EID: 0034352896     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL011029     Document Type: Article

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