Hot desert albedo and climate change: Mid-Holocene monsoon in North Africa

Journal of Climate

Volumn 14, Issue 17, 2001, Pages 3724-3737

  Bonfils, C ^a   De Noblet Ducoudre N D ^a   Braconnot, P ^a   Joussaumeu, S ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; CLIMATOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN;

HOT DESERT ALBEDO;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ALBEDO; DESERT; HOLOCENE; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; SUMMER;

(NORTH); AFRICA;

EID: 0035440433     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2001)014<3724:HDAACC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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