Uncertainty and the changing hydroclimatology of the Amazon

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 14, 2007, Pages

  Moore, Nathan ^a   Arima, Eugenio ^b   Walker, Robert ^a   Ramos da Silva, Renato ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORESTATION; HYDROLOGY; LAND USE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RAIN; WEATHER FORECASTING;

HYDROCLIMATOLOGY; LAND COVER; LANDSCAPES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; LAND COVER; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; REGIONAL CLIMATE; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DEFORESTATION; FORECASTS; HYDROLOGY; LAND USE; METEOROLOGY; RAIN; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

AMAZON RIVER; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34548596993     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030157     Document Type: Article

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