Remobilization of southern African desert dune systems by twenty-first century global warming

Nature

Volumn 435, Issue 7046, 2005, Pages 1218-1221

  Thomas, David S G ^a   Knight, Melanie ^b   Wiggs, Giles F S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SAND; WIND POWER;

DESERT DUNES; EROSIVITY; LAND SURFACE; REMOBILIZATION;

GLOBAL WARMING;

FOSSIL FUEL;

EOLIAN FEATURE; GLOBAL WARMING;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESERT; DYNAMICS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MOISTURE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAND; VALIDATION PROCESS; VEGETATION;

ATMOSPHERE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMIDITY; PLANTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RAIN; SEASONS; SILICON DIOXIDE; SOUTH AFRICA; TIME FACTORS;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

ARIDA;

EID: 21744434776     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03717     Document Type: Article

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