Modeling the impacts of land cover change in Amazonia: A regional climate model (RCM) simulation study

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 93, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 225-244

  Correia, F W S ^a,c   Alvala R C S ^b   Manzi, A O ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DO AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITION; CLOUD COVER; DEFORESTATION; DRY SEASON; ENERGY BUDGET; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; LAND COVER; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; SOLAR RADIATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 48449096575     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-007-0335-z     Document Type: Article

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