Impact of agriculture, forest and cloud feedback on the surface energy budget in BOREAS

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 142, Issue 2-4, 2007, Pages 156-169

  Betts, Alan K ^a   Desjardins, Raymond L ^b   Worth, Devon ^b  

^a Atmospheric Research   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Boreal forest; Cloud feedback; Land cover change; Surface energy balance

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ALBEDO; BOREAL FOREST; BOWEN RATIO; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; ENERGY BUDGET; LAND COVER; SURFACE ENERGY;

EID: 33846448755     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2006.08.020     Document Type: Article

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