Can the deforestation breeze change the rainfall in Amazonia? A case study for the BR-163 highway region

Earth Interactions

Volumn 14, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 1-25

  Saad, Sandra I ^a   Da Rocha, Humberto R ^a   Silva Dias, Maria A F ^a   Rosolem, Rafael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazonian deforestation; BRAMS model; Climate change; Land use change; Thermal cell

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; LAND USE; RAIN; SOIL MOISTURE;

LAND-USE CHANGE; LARGE-SCALE CIRCULATION; PREVAILING WINDS; REGIONAL ATMOSPHERIC MODELING SYSTEMS; SOIL MOISTURE STATUS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; THERMAL CELL; WIND INCIDENCES;

DEFORESTATION;

EID: 78650311610     PISSN: 10873562     EISSN: 10873562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010EI351.1     Document Type: Article

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