Suppressing impacts of the Amazonian deforestation by the global circulation change

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 82, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 2209-2216

  Chen, Tsing Chang ^a   Yoon, Jin Ho ^a   St Croix, Kathryn J ^a   Takle, Eugene S ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0042202861     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(2001)082<2209:SIOTAD>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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