Vegetation dynamics enhancing long-term climate variability confirmed by two models

Journal of Climate

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2238-2257

  Delire, Christine ^a   de Noblet Ducoudré, Nathalie ^b   Sima, Adriana ^c,d   Gouirand, Isabelle ^c,e  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^d LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Albedo; Climate variability; Coupled models; Feedback; Vegetation atmosphere interactions

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BIOSPHERICS; CLIMATOLOGY; DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; FEEDBACK; OCEANOGRAPHY; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATERS; VEGETATION;

ALBEDO; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; COUPLED MODELS; INTEGRATED BIOSPHERE SIMULATORS; LONG-TERM CLIMATE VARIABILITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); VEGETATION COVER DYNAMICS; VEGETATION-ATMOSPHERE INTERACTIONS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ALBEDO; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; GEOSTATISTICS; LONG-TERM CHANGE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 79958119918     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JCLI3664.1     Document Type: Article

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