The local and global effects of African deforestration

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Werth, David ^a   Avissar, Roni ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORESTRY; LAND USE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); TROPICS; WIND;

GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL (GCM); PRECIPITATION CHANGES; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE FORCING; DEFORESTATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT;

DEFORESTATION; LAND USE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE; TROPICS; WIND;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 25844465637     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL022969     Document Type: Article

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