The impact of land cover change on storms in the Sydney Basin, Australia

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 54, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 57-78

  Gero, A F ^a   Pitman, A J ^a   Narisma, G T ^a,b   Jacobson, C ^a   Pielke, R A ^c  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Australia; land cover change; numerical modeling; storms; Sydney

Indexed keywords

LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; STORM; URBAN AREA;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY BASIN;

EID: 33646580551     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2006.05.003     Document Type: Article

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