Has the conversion of natural wetlands to agricultural land increased the incidence and severity of damaging freezes in south Florida?

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 132, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 2243-2258

  Marshall, Curtis H ^a   Pielke Sr , Roger A ^a   Steyaert, Louis T ^b  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUXES; FREEZING; LAND USE; METEOROLOGY; MOISTURE;

MOISTURE FLUX; REGIONAL ATMOSPHERIC MODELING SYSTEMS; WINTER;

WETLANDS;

FREEZING; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; LAND SURFACE; LAND USE CHANGE; MOISTURE FLUX; SEVERE WEATHER;

FLORIDA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4644312992     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2004)132<2243:HTCONW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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