Impact of vegetation feedback on the temperature and its diurnal range over the Northern Hemisphere during summer in a 2 × CO2 climate

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 821-833

  Jeong, Su Jong ^a   Ho, Chang Hoi ^a   Park, Tae Won ^a   Kim, Jinwon ^b   Levis, Samuel ^c  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Diurnal temperature range (DTR); Dynamic global vegetation model (DGVM); Greening; Vegetation climate feedback

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALBEDO; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; DIURNAL VARIATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SUMMER; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 79957865130     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-010-0827-x     Document Type: Article

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