A field-based model of the effects of landcover changes on daytime summer temperatures in the North Cascades

Physical Geography

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 137-155

  O'Neal, Michael ^a   Roth, Lyndsey ^a   Hanson, Brian ^a   Leathers, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cascades; Climate; Glaciers; Landcover change; Surface temperature

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOREST COVER; GLACIER DYNAMICS; LAND USE CHANGE; MODELING; SUMMER;

CASCADE RANGE; GIFFORD PINCHOT NATIONAL FOREST; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 77952970682     PISSN: 02723646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3646.31.2.137     Document Type: Article

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