Sensitivity of rainfall on land cover change over South East Asia: Some observational results

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 73-78

  Sarkar, S ^a   Chiu, L ^a   Kafatos, M ^a   Singh, R ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Land cover; Monsoon; Rainfall; South East Asia; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; DATA ACQUISITION; VEGETATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; LAND COVER; MONSOON; SOUTH EAST ASIA;

RAIN;

EID: 33847330802     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2006.02.035     Document Type: Article

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