The influence of historical and potential future deforestation on the stream flow of the Amazon River - Land surface processes and atmospheric feedbacks

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 369, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 165-174

  Coe, Michael T ^a   Costa, Marcos H ^b   Soares Filho, Britaldo S ^c  

^a WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon; Deforestation; Discharge; Numerical models

Indexed keywords

AMAZON; AMAZON BASINS; AMAZON RIVERS; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATIONS; ATMOSPHERIC FEEDBACKS; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATIONS; COMPLEX FUNCTIONS; CONTINENTAL SCALE; DISCHARGE; FULLY-COUPLED; LAND SURFACE MODELS; LAND-SURFACE PROCESS; LARGE RIVERS; NATURAL VEGETATIONS; NUMERICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; ORDER OF MAGNITUDES; PHYSICAL STRUCTURES; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; WATER BALANCES;

AGRICULTURE; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; CLIMATOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; RIVERS; STREAM FLOW; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; VEGETATION; WATER SUPPLY;

DEFORESTATION;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; DEFORESTATION; DISCHARGE; LAND SURFACE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PASTURE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); STREAMFLOW; VEGETATION; WATER BUDGET;

AMAZON RIVER; ARAGUAIA RIVER; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA; TOCANTINS;

EID: 63649114836     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.02.043     Document Type: Article

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