Historical land use changes and mesoscale summer climate on the Swiss Plateau

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 110, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 1-18

  Schneider, Nicolas ^a   Eugster, Werner ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY BALANCE; LAND USE CHANGE; RADIATION BUDGET; WETLAND;

ALPS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWISS PLATEAU; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 28044470773     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JD005215     Document Type: Article

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