Evaluating the effects of historical land cover change on summertime weather and climate in New Jersey: Land cover and surface energy budget changes

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Wichansky, Paul Stuart ^a   Steyaert, Louis T ^b,c   Walko, Robert L ^c   Waever, Christopher P ^a  

^a Center for Environmental Prediction   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; HEAT FLUX; LANDFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN; REFORESTATION;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BOUNDARY CONDITION; DATA SET; DEW; ENERGY BUDGET; LAND COVER; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGIONAL CLIMATE;

NEW JERSEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 48749102000     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD008514     Document Type: Article

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