The role of ecosystem-atmosphere interactions in simulated Amazonian precipitation decrease and forest dieback under global climate warming

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 78, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 157-175

  Betts, R A ^a   Cox, P M ^a   Collins, M ^b   Harris, P P ^c   Huntingford, C ^c   Jones, C D ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; DIEBACK; GLOBAL WARMING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFOREST;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 3042824791     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-004-0050-y     Document Type: Article

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