Rain follows logging in the Amazon? Results from CAM3-CLM3

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 983-996

  Mei, Rui ^a   Wang, Guiling ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon; Climate modeling; Land atmosphere interaction; Logging; Precipitation; Vegetation feedback

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLEARCUTTING; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPLEXITY; DEFORESTATION; LAND COVER; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SELECTIVE LOGGING;

AMAZONIA;

EID: 77952882350     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-009-0592-x     Document Type: Article

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