Effects of Amazonian deforestation on climate: A numerical experiment with a coupled biosphere-atmosphere model with soil hydrology

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 85, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 1-18

  Silva, Maria Elisa S ^a   Franchito, Sergio H ^b   Rao, V Brahmananda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DEFORESTATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGIONAL CLIMATE;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33646172991     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-005-0177-5     Document Type: Article

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