The montane circulation on Kilimanjaro, Tanzania and its relevance for the summit ice fields: Comparison of surface mountain climate with equivalent reanalysis parameters

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 61-75

  Pepin, N C ^a   Duane, W J ^b   Hardy, D R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Ice field; Land use change; Montane circulation; Mountain climate

Indexed keywords

DOWNSLOPE; FLOW INDICES; FOREST ZONES; ICE FIELDS; KILIMANJARO; LAND-USE CHANGE; MONTANE CIRCULATION; MOUNTAIN CLIMATE; NCEP/NCAR; REANALYSIS; SURFACE CLIMATE; SYNOPTIC FORCING; TANZANIA; THERMAL CIRCULATION; TREELINE; UPSLOPE FLOWS; VAPOUR PRESSURES; WIND COMPONENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; FORESTRY; ICE; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; MOISTURE; TROPOSPHERE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BOUNDARY LAYER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ICE FIELD; ICE RETREAT; LAND USE CHANGE; MONTANE FOREST; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; TREELINE;

BOUNDARIES; CLIMATES; FORESTRY; ICE; LAND USE; MOISTURE; MOUNTAINS; TANZANIA; TEMPERATURE;

KILIMANJARO [TANZANIA]; TANZANIA;

EID: 77958103705     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2010.08.001     Document Type: Article

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