Impact of historical land cover change on the July climate of the United States

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 24, 2003, Pages

  Baidya Roy, Somnath ^a   Hurtt, George C ^b   Weaver, Chistopher P ^c   Pacala, Stephen W ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c Center for Environmental Prediction   (United States)

Author keywords

Land atmosphere interactions; U.S. climate change; U.S. land cover change

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; LAND USE CHANGE; MOISTURE FLUX; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

GREAT PLAINS; MIDWEST; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1642294954     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003jd003565     Document Type: Article

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