Weak simulated extratropical responses to complete tropical deforestation

Journal of Climate

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2835-2850

  Findell, Kirsten L ^a   Knutson, Thomas R ^a   Milly, P C D ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TROPICS; TROPOSPHERE; WIND;

BROADLEAF EVERGREEN FORESTS; GRASSLANDS; MILD WARMING; TROPICAL DEFORESTATION;

DEFORESTATION;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEFORESTATION; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CLIMATES; CORRELATION; DEFORESTATION; GRASS LANDS; SIMULATION; TERMINALIA LATIFOLIA; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TROPICS; WIND;

EID: 33745935168     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3737.1     Document Type: Article

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