GCM sensitivity experiments with locally modified land surface properties over tropical South America

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 26, Issue 7-8, 2006, Pages 729-749

  Branković, Čedo ^a   Molteni, Franco ^b   Viterbo, Pedro ^c,d  

^a METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL SERVICE   (Croatia)

^b ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^c EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; LAND COVER; LAND SURFACE; LAND USE CHANGE;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33645974003     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-006-0112-1     Document Type: Article

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