Land use and local climate: A case study near Santa Cruz, Bolivia

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 86, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 73-85

  Bounoua, L ^a,b   DeFries, R S ^a   Imhoff, M L ^a,b   Steininger, M K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; DEFORESTATION; LAND USE CHANGE; LATENT HEAT FLUX; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX;

BOLIVIA; SANTA CRUZ [BOLIVIA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 2442630495     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00703-003-0616-8     Document Type: Article

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