The impact of 200 years of land cover change on the Australian near-surface climate

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 424-436

  Narisma, G T ^a   Pitman, A J ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; LAND USE CHANGE; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MICROMETEOROLOGY; RAINFALL; VEGETATION COVER; WIND VELOCITY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0037931746     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1525-7541(2003)4<424:TIOYOL>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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