Expansion of the world's deserts due to vegetation-albedo feedback under global warming

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 17, 2009, Pages

  Zeng, Ning ^a,b   Yoon, Jinho ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; LANDFORMS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SIMULATORS; SOLAR RADIATION;

COUPLED ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN-LAND MODEL; FORCINGS; FUTURE CLIMATE; KALAHARI; REALISTIC SIMULATION; SANDY DESERTS; SUBTROPICAL REGIONS; SURFACE ALBEDO CHANGE; VEGETATION COMPONENTS;

VEGETATION;

ALBEDO; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; CLIMATE FORCING; DESERTIFICATION; GLOBAL WARMING; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; LAND-SEA INTERACTION; SUBTROPICAL REGION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

AFRICA; ASIA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GOBI DESERT; GREAT SANDY DESERT [WESTERN AUSTRALIA]; KALAHARI DESERT; SAHARA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 71949109167     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL039699     Document Type: Article

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