Biogeophysical effects of land use on climate: Model simulations of radiative forcing and large-scale temperature change

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 142, Issue 2-4, 2007, Pages 216-233

  Betts, Richard A ^a   Falloon, Peter D ^a   Goldewijk, Kees Klein ^b   Ramankutty, Navin ^c  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b PBL NETHERLANDS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biogeophysical effects; Climate change; Land use; Radiative forcing; Surface albedo

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; GREENHOUSE GAS; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; RADIATIVE FORCING; SURFACE ENERGY; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33846454364     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2006.08.021     Document Type: Article

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