Hurricane driven changes in land cover create biogeophysical climate feedbacks

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 23, 2008, Pages

  Juárez, Robinson I Negrón ^a   Chambers, Jeffrey Q ^a   Zeng, Hongcheng ^a   Baker, David B ^a  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

FEEDBACKS]; FOREST DAMAGES; FORESTED AREAS; HURRICANE INTENSITIES; HURRICANE RITA; LAND COVERS; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; PRECIPITATION PATTERNS; REGIONAL CLIMATES; SINK-IN; SUMMER SEASONS; VEGETATION DAMAGES;

HURRICANES;

ALBEDO; CARBON FLUX; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST COVER; HURRICANE RITA 2005; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; REGIONAL CLIMATE; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

GULF COASTAL PLAIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 60149111287     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL035683     Document Type: Article

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