Enhanced albedo feedback in North Africa from possible combined vegetation and soil-formation processes

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 55-63

  Knorr, Wolfgang ^a   Schnitzler, Karl Georg ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; HOLOCENE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; VEGETATION COVER;

AFRICA; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 29444460351     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-005-0073-9     Document Type: Article

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