The influence of land use change on climate in the Sahel

Journal of Climate

Volumn 15, Issue 24, 2002, Pages 3615-3629

  Taylor, Christopher M ^a   Lambin, Eric F ^b   Stephenne, Nathalie ^b   Harding, Richard J ^a   Essery, Richard L H ^c  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; LAND USE;

CLIMATE SENSITIVITY;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; DROUGHT; LAND USE CHANGE; RAINFALL; VEGETATION COVER;

AFRICA; SAHEL;

EID: 0346668107     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2002)015<3615:TIOLUC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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